162 fOLLERSHOPE•. . [KELLY'.a . The church of St. Michael is a small and plain Capital and Counties Bank and Mr. William Kingston, of but ancient building in the Decorated style, consisting of Hereford, are the principal landowners. The soil is clayey chancel, naY'e and vestry, north porch and a western tower and loamy; subsoil, limestone rock. The chief crops are J:ontainin8' 3 bells: the church was restored in 1885 at a wheat and beans. The area is 1,152 acres; rateable value, ./lost of £932. The register dates from 1698. The living £1,013; the population in 1891 was 191. is a rectory, annexed to that of How Caple, joint net yearly Parish Clerk, William Lilly. value £317, in the gift of and held by the Rev. Thomas Letters through Ross; How Capleis the nearest post,money Beville Paynter RA. of Wadham College, , who order & telegraph office resides at How Caple. The Rev. T. B. Paynter, of How Caple, the representatives of the late Josiah Booker esq. H. The children of this place attend the school at How Caple lIayward esq. of Hereford, Capt. Smith, of Mordiford, Carrier-Mrs. Eliza Bagley, to Hereford, wed. & sat COMMERCIAL. Gammon William, farmer, Bubble frm Matthews Richd. farmer, Little Falcon BagJey Eliza (Mrs.),cartier,The Pou d Gibbs Thomas, farmer & hop grower, Mayo William, farmer, The Falcon Bagley William, farmer, The Pounds Hurstans Powell Edward, farmer, Sollershope ert BrookCharles, frmr. Lindalls & Grey hI Jenkin John, farm bailiff to Henry Townsend William, steam thrashing Burton William, farmer, Whittlebury Haywood esq. Rock farm machine proprietor Gammon Peter, farmer, Foxall's farm Matthews John, farmer, Rugden

STANFORD BISHOP is a parish, consisting entirely western turret containing I bell. A portion of the eccle of scattered dwellings, on the road from to siastical parish of Bromyard was attached by an order in Malvern, on the Worcestershire border, 3 miles south-east Council to the parish of Stanford Bishop, and this portion of from Bromyard station on the Worcester and the of Linton being part of the ecclesiastical parish section of the , 14 north-east from of Bromyard is now legally attached to the parish of Stan­ Hereford and 10 north from , in the Northern ford Bishop; the parish of Stanford Bishop was originally a division of the county, Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, chapelry of Bromyard: by this attachment the living of petty sessional division and county court district, rural Stanford Bishop, which was only worth £75 per annum, has deanery of Frome (north division) and archdeaconry and now become augmented by the sum of £80 per annum . Under Local Government Board granted by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners out of part of Orders (1884) parts of the parishes of Bishops Frome and the rectorial tithes and lands of Bromyard; the site Bromyardwere transferred to Stanford Bishop. The church was the gift of the Rev. William Martin, the present virar of St. James, standing on an eminence in the centre of the of Bromyard; the church was built at a cost of about £500; parish, is a building of stone in the Early English style, the communion table is of historic note, being the old with some portions of Norman date, and consists of chancel, communion table of the church of Tedstone Delamere. nave, south porch and a large but low western towel' con- The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor. taining 2 bells: the chancel was restored by the Ecclesiasti- Thomas Rowley Hill esq. of St. Catherine's Hill, Worcester, cal Commissioners in 1867 and the church was restored in P. B. Barneby esq. of Clater Park, George EEsex esq. of 1884-5, at a cost of ahout £600, under the direction of Mr. Leigh, the trustees of the Worcester municipal charities, T. Nicholson, diocesan architect, of Hereford, and reopened and W. Wall esq. are the chief landowners. The soil is 7th August, 1885: the work of restoration included the clayey and loamy; subsoil, clay and rock. The chief crops rebuilding of the nave and south porch, the opening of the are hops, apples a,nd pears, wheat, beans and oats. Cider tower arch and repair of the tower itself and the general and perry are made here; also brick and draining pipes. re-flooring of the church; on the north side of the church The area is 1,514 acres; rateable value, £1,602; the popu­ is a huge yew tree supposed to be over a thousand years lation in 1891 was 193. old, the tree 6 feet from the ground is 24 feet in circumfer- Parish Clerk, William Wall. enc~, it is quite a curiosity and grea~l~ a~mire~. The Letters from Worcester, via Bringsty,arrive at 9.30 a.m. reglste.r dates fr?m the year 1?99. The hVlng IS a ViCarage, dispatched at 4.30 p.m. Bromyard is the nearest money consohdated With that of Lmley Green, net yearly value order & telegraph office £155, including 34 acres of , which lies in Wales, in . the gift of the Bishop of Hereford, and held since 1880 by A Sc~ool Bo~rd of 5 members was formed lD 1875 f?r the the Rev. Henry William Weltch RA. of University, umted parlshell of Acton Beauchamp & Stanford Bishop; who resides at the Newlands, Bromyard. Linley Green Joseph Burrow Weeks, Bromyard, clerk to the board mission chnrch, erected in 1893, is a structure of brick con- The children of this place attend the school at Acton Beau- taining chancel, nave, north entrance, south vestry and champ Badham John, shoe ma. Woodford com Hill Charles, farmer, Sillcroft Patterson Thomas & Son, brick makers, .Banford Samuel, farmer Mercer Thomas, farmer, Lower house Woodford common .Bidewell Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Hilloak Meredith John, farm bailiff to George Philpott Dean, farmer, Hawkins "Bowen Thomas, beer retailer & farmer, Essex esq. Stanford court Pratt Thomas, farmer, The Leys Woodford common Page Thomas, beer & cider retailer, Pullen George, farmer, Boyce farm Buckle John, farmr.& hopgrower,Hyde Woodford common Rowberry, Henry, shopkeeper Cook In. farmer & hop grower,Hope ho Perkins Samuel, farmel' Teague Edward, farmer, Bull ring STAPLETON is a township in 'parish (Radnor- who is lord of the manor, and Lady Jones-Brydges are the shire), on the road from Ludlow to Presteigne and on the principal landowners. The soil is loamy; subsoil, gravel. Radnorshire border, about 14 miles west from Leominster The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The and li from Presteigne terminal station on the Leominster area is 1,344 acres; rateable value, £2,28L; the population llond Kington branch of the Great Western railway, in the in 1891 was 140. Northern division of the county, Kington division of Hun- tington hundred, Kington petty sessional division and union Letters through Presteigne arrive at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at and Presteigne county court district. The inhabitants 6.15 p.m. Presteigne is the nearest money order & tele- attend the church at Presteigne. Here are the ruins of graph office Stapleton Castle. The Presteigne cemetery is also in this The children of this township attend the school at Pres- parish. Francis Lyndon Evelyn esq. of Kinsham Court, teigne Griffiths David Newton Benjamin, Stapleton lodge Morris Edwin In. & Edwin Ernst.frmrs Hunt Rev. Richard William Treen RA. Parsons Mrs Owens John, farmer (rector of Byton) COMMERCIAL. Price Francis, farmer, Brook house Morris Edwin Ernest Badland Elizabeth (Mrs.). farmer STAUNTON-ON-ARROW is a parish on the river vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £186, net yearly value Arrow, 10 miles west from Leominster, 6 east from King- £281, including 36 acres of glebe. with residence, in the gift ton, 18 north-west from Hereford and 2 north-west from of Joseph Charlton Parr esq. and held since 1865 by the station on the Leominster and Kington branch Rev. Williams Peile Babington M.A. of Pembroke College, of the Great Western railway, in the Northern division of Cambridge. The rectorial tithes are commuted at £172 the county, Stretford and Wigmore hundreds, Kington us.; the Bishop of Hereford is the impropriator. Staunton union, petty sessional division and county court district, Park is the residence of Joseph Charlton Parr esq. D.L., rural deanery of Leominster (1St division) and archdeaconry J.P.; and Staunton Court, the seat of William Edward and diocese of Hereford. The church of St. Peter, com- King-King esq. D.L., J.P. whose family have been resident pleted in 1853 and seated on an eminence, is a building of here for 300 years. Edward Howarth Greenly esq. of stone in the Gothic style, and consists of chancel, nave, Titley and W. E. King-King esq. are chief landowners. transepts and a massi1~ embattled western tower containing The soil is various; subsoil also varies considerably. The 6 bells: adjoining the church is a large and curious mound. chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, with some land in The register dates from the year 1558. The living is a pasture. The area is 2,968 acres, of which about 700 are in