Mordiford (Holy Rood)

MORDIFORD (Holy Rood), a parish, in the hundred of Greytree, union and county of Hereford, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Hereford; containing 595 inhabitants. It is situated at the confluence of the rivers Froome, Lug, and Wye, and comprises 1480a. 6p., of which about 500 acres are arable, 640 meadow and pasture, 170 woodland and coppice, 18 in hop plantations, and 47 in gardens. The substratum abounds with limestone, in which is found a great variety of fossils. The road from Hereford to Gloucester proceeds through the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £10. 6. 5½., and in the gift of E. T. Foley, Esq.; the tithes have been commuted for £310, and the glebe contains 3 acres. The church had a wooden spire rising from the centre, which was many years since taken down; a tower was erected in 1814. On Blackbury Hill, within the parish, are some remains of a work called St. Ethelbert's camp.