Herefordshire

Great Western railway, about 12 north-west from Leo- landowner: the place is of interest as having"once been the resi minster, 7 north-east from Kington and about 23 north- dence of the family of Miss Florence Nightingale: Lord Byron west from Hereford, in the Northern division of the county, stayed some time at the Court. A room in the house is still Wigmore hundred, Kington union and petty sessional called Byron's room, and there is a seat under a large cedar division and Presteigne county court district. Upper Kins- tree in the grounds, where he is said to have written "Childe ham and Lower Kinsham were amalgamated March 25, Harold": the scenery is exquisite and the fishing abundant. 1886, and the parish designated Kinsham. All Saints Immediately below Kinsham Court is Kinsham Dingle, one church is a building of stone, in the Early English style, of the most pi,cturesque spots in the county, at the bottom of consisting of chancel, nave and a small belfry containing which runs the river Lugg. Itwas through this dingle that the one bell: the chancel retains a piscina and there is a hagio- defeated Lancastriansfled after the battle of Mortimer's.Cross. scope with shutter: in the chancel is also a fine marble The soil is of a clayey description; subsoil, the same. The tablet to Thomas Harleyesq. and on the floor an old altar- chief crops are wheat, barley and turnips. The area is slab, 4 by 9 feet, some of the crosses on which are still 1,538 acres; rateable value, £1,752 j the population in 1891 visible. The register dates from the year 1594. The living was 1°3. . is a donative, yearly value £50, in the gift of Francis Parish Clerk, John Kinch. Lyndon Evelyn esq. and held since 1887 by the Rev. Thomas Letters through Presteigne (Railway Sub-Office), the nearest. Milman Newbery RA. of London University, who resides money order & telegraph office at Presteigne. Kinsham Conrt, formerly the seat of the De This parish is included in the Byton United School Board Vere family, Earls of Oxford, is now the seat of Francis district, formed 15 February, 1875, & the children attend Lyndon Evelyn esq. D.L., J.P. lord of the manor and chief the Board school at that place Evelyn Francis Lyndon D.L., J.P. Griffiths William, farmer Preece James, blacksmith Kinsham court Morgan Thomas, cowkeeper Stephens Thomas, farmer Edwards John Hunt,farmer,New honse KNILL is a parish on the borders of Radnorshire, 5 miles eluding 18 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Sir north from Kington station and 3i south from Presteigne John Walsham bart. and held since 1883 by the Rev. George (Radnor) terminal station on the Leominster and Kington Hanbury Fielding M.A. of Lincoln College, Oxford. The branch of the Great Western railway and 23 north-west from Rectory house was restored and enlarged in 1873 and oecn Hereford, in the Northern division of the county, Wigmore pied for the first time, after a lapse of nearly lOO years, by hundred, Kington union and petty sessional division, the Rev. H. T. Moggridge, late rector. Knill Court, a Presteigne county court district, rural deanery of Weobley handsome Elizabethan mansion, occupied by Charles J. (3rd division), and archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. Gwyer esq. is the property of Sir John Walsham bart. who The neighbourhood is ,'ery picturesque and the Hindwell is lord of the manor and entire owner of the parish, with brook runs through the parish. The church of St. Michael the exception of 12 acres: he is the lineal descendant and is an ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave, heir of Sir John De Knill knt. lord of Knill in the 12th south porch and an embattled western tower containing century. The soil is loamy; subsoil, stony. The chief 3 bells: here was buried Sir Samuel RomiIIy kt. solicitor- crops are wheat, barley, turnips and a considerable quantity general 1806-7, who died 2 Nov. 1818: the church was of pasture. The area is 819 acres; rateable value, £914 ~ thoroughly restored in 1876, at a cost of about£l,ooo: three the population in 1891 was 88. stained windows have been inserted, and in 1883 a pulpit of carved oak was erected by Miss Bell, of Northumberland, Letters through Kington. Presteigne is the nearest money in memory of the Rev. Prebendary Charles Walsham M.A. order & telegraph office d. 18 Jan. 1882. The register dates from the year 1585. School (mixed), rebuilt in 1875, for 40 children; average The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £74 10S. net, in- attendance, 15; Miss Henrietta Clifton, mistress Gwyer Charles J. Knill court I Fielding Rev.Geo.HanburyM.A. (rector) I Hamar Henry, farmer. Knill farm LAYSTERS is a parish near the road from Leominster erected in 1885. Near to the church is a mound, or to Tenbury and on the Worcestershire border of the county, tumulus, which appears to have been an ancient burial place. about 5 miles south-east from Easton Court station on the The charities are of £37 IOS. yearly value. Mrs. Lort, Col. Shrewsbury and Hereford railway (Tenbury branch), about Richard Prescott-Decie, of Bockleton Court, Tenbury, 5 south-east from Woofferton, 6 north-east from Leominster George Withington esq. of Pendleton, Lancashire, and C. D. and 4l south-west from Tenbury, in the Northern division Andrewsesq. of Church house, are the pl'incipallandowners. of the county, Wolphy hundred, Leominster union, petty The soil is clay; subsoil, clay and marl, except where the sessional division and. county court district, west divi- rock, which is tilestone and cornstone, crops out at the: sion of the rural deanery of Burford, archdeaconry of surface. The chief crops are wheat, beans, oats, hops and Ludlow and diocese of Hereford. The church of St. Andrew apples. The area is 1,995 acres; rateable value, £1,869; is an ancient building of stone in the Norman style, con- the population in 1891 was 200. sisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower Woonton hamlet is at the south-western extremity of the containing 3 bells: the east and south windows are stained. parish, li miles from the church. The register dates from the year 17°3. The living is a Parish Clerk, William Preece. vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £201, net yearly value Letter Box cleared at 3.50 p.m. Letters through Tenbury, £124. including 90 acres of glebe, with residence, in the the nearest money order & telegraph office gift of Col. Richard Prescott-Decie, of Bockleton Court, and Parochial School (mixed), built about 1869, with master'~ held since 1886 by the Rev. Arthur Hawkins M.A. of St. house, for 47 children; average attendance, 36; .WiIIiam John's College, Cambridge. The Wesleyan chapel was Preece, master; Mrs. !,'rances Preece, mistress Andrews Charles Davis, Church house Dent Arthur, farmer, Church farm Horsnett Thos. farmer, Newhouse farm Hawkins Rev. Arthur M.A. Vicarage Greenway George, farm bailiff to Chas. Jay John, farmer, Woonton Bayliss William, farmer, Woonton court William Brierley esq. Gorst farm Lort Cath. (Mrs.), frmr. Gt. Heath frm Brooks William, farmer, The Laurels Griffiths Richard Thomas, farmer, Small John A. farmer, Cinders CallowHannah(Miss),farmer,Lodgefrm Rosedale & Laysters StubbsMira&Jane (Mrs.), shopkeepers Davies William, farmer, Wilden Horsnett Henry, farmer, Pound farm Yapp Geo. (Mrs.),farmer,Cinders wood THE LEA is a parish and village on the Ross and Glou- living is a vicarage, net yearlyvah:e £200, including 2 acres cester road, on the Gloucestershire border, 4i miles south- of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Linton, east from Ross, Hi north-west from Gloucester, 18~ from and held since 1892 by the Rev. Henry Edward Hodson Hereford, in the Southern division of the county, St. Briavel's M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford. The charities are now (Gloucestershire) hundred, Ross county court district, (1895) of £7 yearly value, arising from 2 houses left in 1675 union and petty sessional division, rural deanery of The by Mr. "Thomas Nourse. Maynard Willoughby Colchester Forest (north), archdeaconry of Gloucester and diocese of Wemyss esq. of Adsett Court, Westbury-on-Severn, is lord Gloucester and Bristol. Part of Lea was in Gloucestershire of the manor and chief landowner. The soil is red sandy nntil 1844, and the township was divided into Lea Hereford loam; subsoil, marl and rock. The chief crops are wheat. and Lea Gloucester, but by the Acts 7 & 8 Vie. cap. 61, and roots. The area is 793 acres; rateable value, £1,986; and 2 & 3 Wm. IV. cap. 64, it was added to Herefordshire the population in 1891 was 234. for all purposes. Mitcheldean Road station on the Here- Parish Clerk, Henry James. ford, Ross and Gloncester section of the Great Western rail- Post & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity &; Insurance Office.- way is in this parish, 128 miles from London. The church Mrs. Elizabeth Christopher, sub-postmistress. Letters of St. John the Baptist is a building of old red saudstone, from Ross arrive at 8.5 a.m. & 2 p.m.; dispatched at in the Transition Norman style, consisting of chancel, nave 3.40 & 6.10 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at of three bays, north aisle, north porch and a western tower Mitcheldean with spire containing 3 bells: the east window is stained: Paro?hial School, with house for mistress (~ixed~, for 80 there is a very old chest about 600 years old in the church; children; average attendance, 59; Mrs. Kmg, mIstress the church was restored in 1854. at a cost of £800, and has Railway Station (Mitcheldean road), John G. Bowes, sta- ;[23 sittings. The register dates from the year 1581. The tion master