Knill, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1858

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1858

KNILL.

KNILL is a township and parish, 23 miles north-west from Hereford, 4 from Kington, and 3½ from Presteign, in Wigmore Hundred, Presteign Union, Hereford archdeaconry and Hereford bishopric; it is situated on the borders of Radnorshire. The church of St. Michael is an old stone building; has nave, chancel, and tower with wooden spire, and is the burial place od Sir Samuel Romilly. The living is a rectory, worth about £75 yearly, with 10 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Sir John Walsham, Bart.; The Rev. John Jenkins, M.A., is the incumbent. The neighbourhood is very picturesque. Knill Court is a handsome mansion, in the Elizabethan style. The population, in 1851, was 78, and the acreage is 798. Sir John Walsham, Bart., is lord of the manor and chief landowner.

   WOODSIDE is a farm.

   Letters through Kington, which is the nearest money order office.

Edwards Evan, wheelwright	Lewis William, boot & shoe maker
Hamar Henry, farmer	Walsham Sir John, Bart., Knill Court
Harper Mrs. Ann, farmer and lime burner, Woodside

[Transcribed by Richard Lane in December 2002
from a copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1858 in Hereford Central Library]