Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STAUNTON-UPON-WYE

STAUNTON-UPON-WYE, a parish, with a village, in Weobly district, Herefordshire; 2 miles S by W of Moorhampton r. station, and 9 WNW of Hereford. Post town, Hereford. Acres, 2,320. Real property, £3,826. Pop., 675. Houses, 136. The chief landowner is Sir H. G. Cotterell, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £340.* Patron, Christchurch, Oxford. The church is ancient, and has a tower and spire. The parish shares in the charity noticed in the article Bredwardine.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Staunton on Wye AP/CP       Weobley RegD/PLU       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Staunton on Wye

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