Winforton (St. Mary)

WINFORTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Kington, hundred of Huntington, county of Hereford, 6 miles (N. E. by E.) from Hay; containing 178 inhabitants, and comprising 1020 acres. It is beautified by the windings of the river Wye, and is intersected by the Hay and Kington tramway. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £9. 6. 8., and in the gift of the Rev. William Domvile: the tithes have been commuted for £255, and the glebe contains 15¾ acres. A school was endowed in 1812, by the late Mr. Freeman, with £12 per annum, and a house and garden.