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KNELL, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"KNELL, (or Knill), a parish in the hundred of Wigmore, county Hereford, 4 miles N.W. of Kington, its post town, 3½ S.W of Presteign, and 23 N.W. of Hereford. It is situated near the bridge on the river Lug, at a short distance from Offa's Dyke. There is no village, only a few scattered houses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford, value £90. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient stone structure, with a tower crowned by a wooden spire. Sir Samuel Romilly is buried here. Knill Court is the principal residence. Sir John Walsham, Bart., is lord of the manor."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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