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Herefordshire Towns & Parishes

MATHON (and WEST MALVERN), Herefordshire

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St John the Baptist's Churchyard, Mathon, collected and transcribed by Rosemary Lockie. This list includes all those inside the Church. Added 10 Dec 2007.

Church History

• Various Photographs of St John the Baptist's Church are available in our Mathon Photo Gallery, provided by Rosemary Lockie. Added 8 Dec 2007.

• St John the Baptist's Church, Mathon is one of the Herefordshire churches listed on the The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture website. Added 22 Dec 2005.

Description and Travel

• A description of Mathon in Noake's Guide to Worcestershire, 1868. Added 22 Dec 2005.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Mathon from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Historical Geography

• "Mathon was transferred from WOR to HEF in 1897 and from Diocese of Worcester to Diocese of Hereford in 1906."
  (Ref: The Parish Registers of Herefordshire, J Harnden, 1987, ISBN 0 9512347 0 6)

  The area now known as West Malvern was originally part of Mathon, but was made a separate parish at that time, and remained part of Worcestershire.

History

• A wide range of information relating to the village is available in the History section of the Welcome to Mathon website. Added 25 Jul 2008.

Names, Personal

• A list of Mathon Rectors and Vicars (1284-1997), taken from a board inside the Church. Added 11 Dec 2007.

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