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Stoke Edith, Herefordshire - Post Office Directory, 1863
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Extract from Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863
Transcription by Barbara Haner © 2004STOKE EDITH.
STOKE EDITH is a village and parish, 6 miles east from Hereford, and 8 miles west from Ledbury, in the hundred of Radlow, Hereford union, county court district, archdeaconry and bishopric; and deanery of Weston. The church of St. Edith is a plain stone building, with a fine tower and lofty spire. The register dates back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. The living is a rectory, with the curacy of Westhide attached, value about £500; the Rev. William Henry Lambert, M.A., of Merton College, Oxford, is the rector; the patronage is the Foley family. There are several schools in this and the adjoining parishes, supported chiefly by Lady Emily Foley, to whom the manor belongs. Stoke Edith Park, the residence of Lady Foley, is a fine building, situated near the church, and in an extensive and picturesque park. The population in 1861 of Stoke Edith township was 332; the acreage is 2,852; the population of Westhide chapelry is 174.PERTON is a hamlet; Stokebridge, Old house, Showle Court and Free Town are farms.
Parish Clerk, John Hards, Perton.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
| Foley Lady Emily, Stoke Edith Park | Lambert Rev. William Henry, M.A., Rectory |
COMMERCIAL.
| Badham John, farmer, Perton Belcher William, toll collector Cross Thomas, toll collector Dymock James, draper & grocer Fawke Thomas, farmer, Stokebridge Hards John, mason & parish clerk, Perton Jones Ann (Mrs.) schoolmistress | Magness William, smith Matthews Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Old ho Pitt Thomas, farmer, Free town Robertson Richard, gardener to Lady Emily Foley Taylor William, farmer, Shawle court Williams John, painter & glazier, Perton |
Letters through Ledbury. Hereford is the nearest money order office
[Transcribed by Barbara E. Haner in June 2004
from a personal copy of Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863]