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Holme Lacy, Herefordshire

Extract from Trade Directory of Herefordshire, 1862

HOLME LACY.

HOLME LACY is a parish and village, 4 miles from Hereford, and 8 from Ross, pleasantly situated on the banks of the River Wye. The church of St. Andrew has a substantial square tower with eight bells. The living is a vicarage annexed to the chapelry of Boulstone, and valued at £543 yearly, with good residence, and 12 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Sir Edwin F. S. Stanhope, Bart. There is a free school for boys and girls; also a Sunday School for boys only. Sir Edwin F. S. Stanhope Bart., is Lord of the Manor, whose noble and princely mansion is pleasantly situated in this parish. Population 322.

Clergy
Stanhope, Rev. W. P.	Woodgates Rev. James R.
Trades and Professions
Bonnor John, farmer, The Bower	Powell George, farmer, Cannon Dale
Bray Thomas, shopkeeper	Prosser John, farmer, Billingsley
Cooper John, farmer, Middle Bogmarsh	Sexty Robert, farmer, Hollington Court
Downing John, farmer, Lower Bogmarsh	Ward Dianna, sub-Postmistress
Froggatt Henry, farmer, The Folly	Wells Samuel, gardener
Gardner William, farmer, The Tump	Williams John, stonemason
Magness Matthew, blacksmith & farmer	Yates Miss Mary, Mistress of Free School

   Letters arrive from Hereford by messenger at 9.30 a.m., and are despatched at 4 p.m.

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[Transcribed by Richard Lane in December 2002
from an original edition of this 1862 Trade Directory in Hereford Central Library]

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