Thruxton, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"THRUXTON, a parish in the hundred of Webtree, county Hereford, 6 miles S.W. of Hereford, its post town, and 3 W. of the Tram Inn railway station. The village is situated on the road from Ross to Hay. The soil is sandy, with a subsoil of sandstone rock. In the vicinity are several barrows. The living is a rectory* with the vicarage of Kingston annexed, in the diocese of Hereford, value £252, in the patronage of the bishop. The church is dedicated to St. Bartholomew. The parochial charities produce about £19 per annum. There is a National school for this township and Kingston. A. Clive, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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