Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BIRCH (Much or Great)

BIRCH (Much or Great), a parish in the district and county of Hereford; 3 miles SE of Tram-Inn r. station, and 6½ S of Hereford. It has a post office, of the name of Birch, under Ross. Acres, 1,287. Real property, £2,221. Pop., 496. Houses, 108. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £106. Patron, T. G. Symons, Esq. The church is very good. Charities, £7.


(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 Birch CP/Ch/AP       Herefordshire AncC
Place names: BIRCH     |     BIRCH GREAT     |     BIRCH MUCH     |     BIRCH MUCH OR GREAT     |     GREAT BIRCH     |     MUCH BIRCH
Place: Much Birch

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