St Weonard, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"ST. WEONARD, a parish in the lower division of Wormelow hundred, county Hereford, 7 miles N.W. of Ross, and 6 N. of Monmouth. The village is situated between the roads from Hereford to Monmouth and Ross to Abergavenny. It includes the hamlet of Broad Oak. The soil is sand and loam, on a subsoil of rock. The living is a curacy annexed to Llangarron. The church is dedicated to St. Weonard. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There are National and free schools; the latter endowed with £20 per annum. Sir H. Hoskins, Bart., is lord of the manor."

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