Knill, Herefordshire

Extract from E.C. Lascelles Directory of Herefordshire, 1851

KNILL.

KNILL, a parish about four miles from Presteign, with about seventy inhabitants, near the turnpike road for New Radnor, is delightfully situated in a beautiful valley, with the handsome mansion, Knill Court, the seat of Sir John Walsh, Bart., M.P.

   The neat and ancient CHURCH, with spire, is situated near the mansion. The living is in the gift of Sir John Walsh, Bart. Service is performed once on every Sunday, viz., 11 a.m. one Sunday, and 3 p.m. the next; Winter, 2.30 p.m. The Rev. John Jenkins, M.A., Minister; Thomas Craven, Clerk and Sexton.

GENTRY, TRADES, FARMERS, ETC.
Walsh Sir John, Bart., M.P., Knill Court
Edwards Evan, carpenter and joiner	Harper Ann, farmer and lime burner, Woodside
Edwards Mary, Day School	Lewis William, boot and shoe maker
Hamer Henry, Farmer	Watkins Edward, Parish Constable

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[Transcribed by Richard Lane in November 2002
from a copy of Lascelles Directory of Herefordshire, 1851 in Hereford Central Library]