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CASTLE FROME is a small parish, 6½ miles north-west from Ledbury, in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union and county court district, rural deanery of Frome, and Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric. The church of St. Michael is a neat small building of stone, having a tower and spire. The register dates from 1624. The living is a rectory, value £300 per annum, in the gift of F. T. Freeman Esq.; the Rev. William Godden Lyall, M.A., is the rector. The population in 1861 was 160; the acreage is 1,511. BIRCHEND, Moorend, Frogend, Milling, Hill Castle, and The Town, are places here. Parish Clerk, Thomas Hayling.
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Homes John, esq. New Birchend |
Lyall Rev. William Godden, M.A. Rectory |
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Barrett James, carpenter Errington William, farmer, Milling Jenkins Henry, farmer, Hill castle Ockey Charles, farmer, Moorend |
Powell Thomas, farmer, Frogend Pudge William, butcher Watkins William, blacksmith |
Letters through Bromyard, which is the nearest money order office.
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