Stoke Lacy, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"STOKE-LACY, a parish in the hundred of Broxash, county Hereford, 4 miles S.W. of Bromyard, its post town, and 12 N.E. of Ledbury. The village, which is small, is chiefly agricultural. The soil consists of strong clay, with a subsoil of limestone. A portion of the land is in hop-grounds. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Hereford, value £250. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, has a spired tower and four bells. The parochial charities produce about £20 per annum, which go to Lilly's school. Earl Somers is lord of the manor."

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