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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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DORSTONE, a village, two townships, and a parish in the district of Hay and county of Hereford. The village stands on the river Dore, near the Hereford and Brecon railway, 5½ miles E of Hay; and has fairs on 27 April, 18 May, 27 Sep., and 18 Nov. The townships are Upper and Lower Dorstone; and lie around the village. The parish includes also part of the township of Vow-mine. Post town, Bredwardine, under Hereford. Acres, 5, 385. Real property, £4, 354. Pop., 547. Houses, 120. The property is divided among a few. A castle stood anciently at the village, and another at Snodhill. A stone column, thought by some to be Druidical, crowns a hill near the village, and is seen at a considerable dis-tance. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £446.* Patron, the Rev. T. Powell. The church is old and good; and was originally Norman. Charities, £81.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, two townships, and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Dorstone AP/CP Herefordshire AncC |
| Place: | Dorstone |
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