[HEBEPO:RD.] DONNINGTON. 24 POST OPFIC.t :DO:NNJ:NGTOl\1' is a small township, parish, and vil­ The area is 808 acres, divided into eight farms, with 113 lage, 2 miles south from Ledbury, allfl 2l south-east from inhabitants in 1851. This place was one of the earliest Castuck, in Radlow Hundred, Ledbury Union, settlements of the English in , and takes ita archdeaconry and bishepric; it is situated on the road name from the clan of lhe Donns. Richard Webb, Esq., from Ledbury to . The church of St. Mary is resides at Donnington Hall. Richard Webb, Esq., is lord an old stone building, nearly covered with ivy, with of the manor and chief landowner. wooden tower containing 2 bells. The living is a rectory, The farms are named Donnington Court, Dinchill, worth ,£200 yearly, with residence and 30 aeres or glebe Smallings, N ardens, Wood fields, Vineyard, Jaunceys, and land; the incumbent is the Rev. John Lander, M.A. Lower House. GENTRY. CbicheRter Henry, farmer, Dinchill Hodges Benjamin, farmer, Smalling!J Lander Rev. John, M.A. Rectory Clark Edwin James, farmer, the Court Mayo William, farmer, I,ower house Webb Richard, esq. Doonington hall Clark John, farmer, Jaunceys Smith Charles, farmer, Vineyard TRADERS. Clark Susao (Mrs.), farmer, the Court Btephens William, farmer, Nurdens Alien J oseph, bailiff Crewe Henry, organist Symonds Ed win, farmer, W oodtields DO:R.MJ:NGTON, with tl1e chapelry and township of yearly. Court is the residence of William BA.RTESTREE, is a township, parish, and straggling vil· Vevers, Esq., attached to which is a very extensive farm. lage, distant 5! miles east from , BA.RTESTREE is a chapelry and township in the parish 9 north-west from Ledbury, and 145 from London, is in of Dormington, from which place it is distant about li the Hundred of Greytree, and Hereford Union, arch- miles to the north-west; it is situated on the Hereford deaconry and bishopric. anrl Weston deanery, and is and Worcester road, via Ledbury, and is in the Hundred situated on the high road leading from Hereford to Wor- of Greytree, and Hereford Union, archdeaconry, and cester, by Led bury. The church of St. Peter iB an old bishopric, and Weston deanery. The church of St. James stone building, and consists of a nave, chancel, and porch, is a small modern stone edifice, the situation of which is with a tower containing 2 bells. The living is a vicarage, exceedingly romantic. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the perpetual curacy of Bartestree, the joint annexed to Dormington, the joint value being £239 value of which is £239, with residerJCe and 6 acres of glebe annually. The population of this township, in 1851, was61, land, and in the patronage of the representatives of the late and the acreage is 410, which is applied to arable, pasture, E. T. Foley, Esq.; the Rev. Langton Edward Brown, B.A., and meadow. Bartestree Court, an extensive farm, is at is the incumbent. The population of Dormington, in 1851, present occupied by Mr. William Vevers, Jun. The was 128, besides Bartestree. The soil is a red loam, and scenery here is very pleasing and picturesque. subsoil marl, the acreage of which is 941. Lady Emily CLASTON 1 Broomy Hill, Moorhouse, Wootton, Upper Foley, of Park, is lady of the manor and chief Dormington, Prior's Court, Lower Bartestree, and Tower landowner. There are several extensive hop grounds in Hill, are names of farms. 1 this locality. The charities of this parish amount £510s. · Dormington. Link Francis, farmer Bartestree. Brown Rev. Langton Edward, B.A.. Newton Thomas, farmer, Prospect cot TRADERS. Vicarage Sanders William, farmer, Wootton Parr Wm. farmer, Lower Bartestree Vevers Wm. e!'q, Dormington court Taylor Eliztb. (Mrs.), farmer, Prior'll et Vevers Wm. jun. farmer, Bartestree et TRADERS. Taylor John, farmer,Ciaston Wilson Geor~e, farmer, Broomy hill Gladwin William, farmer, Moor house Thomas James, shoemaker, Tower hill Letters through Herefurd, which is Harris John, parish clerk Vevers Wm. farmer, Dormington court the nearest money order office CARRIERS (passing through):- Clifton, from Tewkesbury to Hereford, tuesday &: friday; Carter, from Ledbury to Hereford, wednesday & saturday; returning following days returning same days :DO:R.STOl\1' is a township, parish, and village, 14 miles April 27th, May 17th, and September 27th yearly for west from Hereford railway station, 6 east from Hay, 10 sheep and cattle, and a statute fair on November 18tb. north from Weobley, and about 158 from London, in The ruins of the watch-tower, formerly belonging to Webtree Hundred, Hay Union, Hereford county court, Snodhill Castle, are in this parish. There is a. place arcbdeacoury and bishopric; it is situated on the river Dore, called the Bilts. On the west of a hill, from whence a at the opening of the Golden Valley; this river takes its splendid panoramic view is obtained, there stands a source in this parish. The church of St. Thomas is a large column construction, known as Arthur's Seat, and sup­ and handsome old stone building, with a square embattled posed to be the remains of a Druidical tl:'mple. 'fhe popula­ tower, in the Norman style of architecture; it was built tion, in 1851, was 448, and the acreage is 5,385. The in the year 1178, and is said to have been erected by soil is sandy and loamy; the subsoil is clay and sand­ Richardus de Brito, as an atonement for tl1e 8hare which stone. It is in Snodhill, Bredwardiue, an