ORCOP. Station

ORCOP. Station

270 ORCOP. station. in Broxash Hundred, Bromyard Union, Frame deanery, Here­ ford archdeaconry and bishopric; it is situated on the Hereford and Bremyard turnpike road, the Hereford and Gloucester canal bounding thp. southern side of the parish. The church of St. Peter is all old stone building, with square tower, three bells, aud south porch; the interior consists of nave, chancel, aisle, font, with a window of painted quarry glass in the south side of the chancel; the living is an endowed vicarage, the tithes being commuted at £191 16s. yearly, with residence and six: acres of glebe land, in the gift of Thomas Hill, Esq., of RudhaIl, near Ross ; the Rev. Hopkins Hill, B.A., is the incumbent. There is a Free school for boys and girls, supported ~by voluntary subscriptions. The population, in 1851, was 220, and the acreage is 1,133 acres. The soil is clayey. James Leech Harrison, Esq., is lord of the manor. J. L. Harris~n, Esq., J. MorIey, Esq., T. Postlethwaite, Esq., Rev. J. Glossop, and E. N. Mason, Esq., are the landowners. The chief crops are wheat, beans, hops, and apples. There are charities of £1 IDs. yearly value. LETTERS by foot post arrive from Hereford at 11 a.m., and are des- patched thereto at 12 p.w. The nearest money order office is at Bromyard. MISCELLANEOUS. FARMERS. Berry .John, carpenter, Bagnell tump Benuett Elizabeth, Moor house Brace Stephen, tailor, Burley gate Bowen Henry, Upper Castleton Clarke William, butcher, Hillhampton Lawrenclt George, Hillhampton Corbett .Joseph, blacksmith Mack Andrew, Lyvre's Ocle Hill Rev. Hopkins, B.A., Vicarage Merrick Edward, Hillhampton Hill Thomas, grocer PhiIlips .John, Quickset Hodges Eleanor, Burley Gate Inn, Burley Sherrat Alexander, Holdbury barn gate Skerrett .John, Brandiland's end Hodges Edwin, mason Vaughan Charles, Lower Cas.tleton Taylor Samuel, road surveyor, Whitehonse Wilson Thomas, Brick house ORCOP. Reop is a scattered parish and village, 6 miles east from Pontrilas railway station, 10 south from Hereford, 8 west from Ross, and 140 from London, in Wormelow Hundred, Abbey Dore Union, Hare­ wood's End petty sessions, Hereford county court, archdeaconry, and bishopric; it is situated on the Hereford and Monmouth road. The church of St. John the Baptist is an old stone building, with wooden tower; has nave, porch, chancel, font, and four bells. The living is a donative; the Rev; :M. H. Miller, M.A., is the incumbent. There is a chapel for Baptists. There is a school, supported by the Rev. M. H. Miller, M.A. The population, in 1851, was 631; and the acreage is 2,403. The soil is clay and loamy; the subsoil is sandstone and lime­ stone. Thomas G. Symons, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief land. owner..

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