Yazor (St. John the Baptist)

YAZOR (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Weobley, hundred of Grimsworth, county of Hereford, 4½ miles (S.) from Weobley; containing 195 inhabitants. It comprises 2047a. 28p., of which 1000 acres are arable, 500 meadow and pasture, 526 woodland, and the remainder roads and waste. The surface is undulated, and in the hills are quarries of limestone, and of freestone for building. The living is a discharged vicarage, endowed with a portion of the rectorial tithes, annexed to the rectory of Bishopstone, and valued in the king's books at £5. 12. 6.; impropriators of the remainder of the rectorial tithes, Sir R. Price, Bart., and the Arkwright family.