Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITBOURNE

WHITBOURNE, a parish in Bromyard district, Hereford; on the river Teme, 5 miles ENE of Bromyard, and 6 WNW of Bransford-Road r. station. Post town, Worcester. Acres, 3,056. Real property, £5,058. Pop., 891. Houses, 177. The property is subdivided. W. Court was once a palace of the Bishops of Hereford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £533.* Patron, the Bishop of H. The church was restored in 1865. Charities, £16.


(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: Whitbourne CP/AP       Bromyard RegD/PLU       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Whitbourne

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