BLAKEMERE, or BLAKKMERE, is a parish and village situated on the Hereford and Hay turnpike road, distant 11 miles W. of the former town and 10 E. of the latter; is in Webtree hundred, Weobley union, Bredwardine petty sessional division, Madley polling district, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1861 was 175; in 1871, 186; inhabited houses, 43; families or separate occupiers, 44; area of parish, 1,127 acres; annual rateable value, £1,600. The Rev. Sir George Henry Cornewall, Bart., of Moccas court, is lord of the manor. Robert Henry Lee-Warner, Esq., of Tyberton court, Henry Haywood, Esq., of Blakemere house, and John Mathews, Esq., of Woodland house, are the chief landowners. The soil is sandy, producing wheat, barley, oats, and roots. Blakemere living is a vicarage in the diocese, arcbdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford; it is united with Preston-on-Wye; joint value, £166, with residence and 54 acres of glebe, also £98 from land in other parishes; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Andrew Pope, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1873. A new vicarage house has been recently erected. The church (St. Leonard's) is in great need of restoration; it has chancel, nave, porch, font, and small tower. The earliest register is dated 1600. There is a national school for this parish and Preston-on-Wye; it is under Government inspection, and has an average attendance of 35.