MUCH COWARNE, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"MUCH COWARNE, (was Cowarne, Much -RL 2003) a parish in the hundred of Broxash, in the county of Hereford, 3 miles S.E. of Little Cowarne. Part of the land is in hops and orchard. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford, and in the patronage of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The church, which is ancient, is dedicated to St. Mary. The parochial charities produce about £2 per annum. Cowarne Court is the principal residence."

"MUCH-COWARNE, a parish in the hundred of Broxash, county Hereford. See COWARNE-MUCH, and the like for other places with this prefix."

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