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BOSBURY, Herefordshire

Biography

• An extract from a Notebook belonging to William Bettington (1814-1885), a Farmer and Haulier of Bosbury, transcribed by Mike Doyle. Added 1 Sep 2006.

Church History

• Bosbury Church Website. Added 25 Jul 2008.

Directories

• The section for Bosbury transcribed from Littlebury's Directory of Herefordshire, 1876-7 by Rosemary Lockie.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Bosbury from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Manors

• The manor at Bosbury was the favourite retreat of Bishop Richard de Swinfield of Hereford. He became Bishop of Hereford in 1283, succeeding Thomas de Canteloupe. He also owned Prestbury Park (near Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire). The manor house is gone now, but the land is now occupied by Cheltenham Race Course.

Schools

• A grammar school for boys was founded at Bosbury in 1546 by Sir Rowland Morton. It stands next to the gaol, but is no longer used, having been replaced by a new building for mixed pupils in the 1960s.
  [Ref: The Herefordshire Village Book: Herefordshire Federation of Women's Institutes, 1999. ISBN 1 85306 578 1]

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