Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COWARNE (Much)

COWARNE (Much), a parish in Bromyard district, Hereford; 5¾ miles SSW of Bromyard, and 8 E of Moreton r. station. Post town, Stoke-Lacey, under Worcester. Acres, 3, 706. Real property, £4, 978. Pop., 563. Houses, 110. Cowarne Court is the seat of the Thomases. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church spire and part of the church were destroyed by lightning in 1840.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Much Cowarne CP/AP       Bromyard RegD/PLU       Herefordshire AncC
Place names: COWARNE     |     COWARNE MUCH     |     MUCH COWARNE
Place: Much Cowarne

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