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• LEINTHALL EARLS. •

EINTHALL EARLS is a cbapelry, in the parish of AYJIlestrey, 2 miles north-east from the latter place, 7 north-west from Leominster (its post, poor-law Union, railway station, market and polling town), and 20 from Hereford, (the county town), in the Leomin­ ster division of Wigmore hundred, Leominster Union, Northern division of Hereford, Hereford deanery, archdeaconry, aud bishopric; it is situated about l-k miles from the Watling Street turnpike road. The chapel of St~ Andrew is an ancient low stone building. The living is united with that of Aymestrey, worth £50 yearly, in the gift of the vicar of Aymestrey, who is the incumbent. The Rev. William Hopwood, B.A. is curate. The population is included in Aymestrey. The soil is gra­ velly and loamy; the subsoil is limestone. Sir Thomas Hastings and Thomas Dunn, Esq., are chief landowners. The chief crops are wheat and barley. It is a township for highway, but not for poor law, purposes. LETTERS through Leominster, which is the nearest money order office,

Cane Thomas, farmer Radcor Wiliiam, farmer Hughes William, fa.rmer Taylar WiIliam, farmer ' Jones John, farmer Winnall William, farmer, Gatley park •

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• LEINTHALL STARKS• • • EINTHALL STARKS is a parish, 6 miles south-west-by-west from Ludlow, (its poor law Union), 9 from Leominster, (its polling and post town), 2 from Hereford, (the county town), in the Leominster division, Wigmore Hundred, Ludlow Union, Leominster deanery, Hereford archqeaconry and bishopric; it is situated on the turnpike road from Leominster to Knighton. The church '"'of St. Mary Magdalene is an old stone building; has a small belfry, two bells, one aisle, porch, chancel, a fine old font, and old register. The living is a perpetual curacy, worth £52 yearly, in the gift of the trustees of the late Thomas Andrew Knight, Esq., ofDounton castle; the Rev. John Joseph Trollope, RA., of Wigmore, is the incumbent. There is a school for boys and 'girls, which is endowed with' £14 yearly, the bequest of Thomas Alien, Esq., in 1704; also a Sunday school, held at the school. In the churchyard are a few fine old yew trees, very much admired. The population, in 1851, was 143, and the acreage is 993. The soil is loam and gravel; the subsoil is clay. Sir William Edward· Rouse 13oughton, Bart., is chieflandowner, . The chief crops are wheat, beans, and barley. There are a few small charities. , LETTERS through Wigmore, via Leominster. The nearest monel order office is at Ludlow• • •