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Extract from Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863
Transcription by Barbara Haner © 2004BISHOP'S FROME.
BISHOP'S FROME is a large parish, 8 miles north-north-west from Ledbury, 12 north-east from Hereford, and 5 from Bromyard, in the Radlow hundred, Bromyard union and county court district, rural deanery of Frome, Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric; it includes five townships, BISHOP'S FROME, EGGLETON, HALMOND'S FROME, LEADON WALTON, and STANDFORD REGIS. The church of St. Mary is a fine building, partly in the Norman style, with porch, and a square embattled tower containing clock and 6 bells; the interior has east and west aisles, one gallery, an organ, and a fine Norman arch; the eastern windows contain handsomely stained glass, giving nine pictorial illustrations of the birth and death of Our Savior, the Crucifixion being in the centre; there are many ancient tombs and monuments; the chancel has been rebuilt within the last few years, and the whole church repaired and beautified. The register dates from 1564. The living, is a vicarage; value, £630 per annum, with residence; the Rev. William Parsons Hopton, M.A., of Trinity College, Oxford, is the vicar; and the Rev. John Hopton, M.A., of Canon Frome is the patron. There are several charities; and a National school for boys and girls, principally supported by the vicar; these schools are both in one building. .The population in 1861 exclusive of Eggleton, was 1,014; the acreage is 3,926.Mr. James Mutlow and Mr. John Browne are the principal landowners.EGGLETON township is in Ledbury union and Radlow hundred, with 630 acres, and a population in 1861 of 164. The land belongs to E. Poole, Esq.
Parish Clerk, Thomas Farmer.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
| Brown John, esq. Hall court Caddick Edward esq. Leadon court Hopton Rev. William Parsons, M.A., J.P. Vicarage | Mutlow Mrs. Ann, Paunton court Abel Thomas, farmer, Upper Walton |
COMMERCIAL.
| Allcott James, farmer, Walcott Baylis William, wheelwright Brown Richard, farmer, Browntree Brown Thomas, farmer, Birches Bullock Michael, wheelwright Chambers Wm. farmer, Lower house Coldwell John, miller, Paunton mill Cook Thomas, farmer, Cheney Court Cooper James, stonemason Dilworth Joseph, nailmaker Dowding Francis, farmer, Frome court Dutson William, Green Dragon Edwards James, farmer, Dove fields Gardiner James, farmer, Batchfields Gittings Richard, tailor Harding John, farmer, Walton Higgins William, farmer, Instone Hill James, farmer, White house Hill James, grocer | Hodges Agnes (Mrs.), beer retailer Hodges Richard, farmer, Holmes Richard, farmer. Hill Imms John, farmer, Wellington Jones Richard, farmer. Lower Walton Loggen Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Vine tree Morris Samuel, farmer Mutlow James, farmer, Paunton Probert William, Wheatsheaf Pudge William, butcher Pulling Joseph, carpenter Sandford Thomas, tailor Shepherd William, shopkeeper Smith William, miller, Court mill Taylor Nathaniel, farmer, Millfield Vale Robert, farmer, Furrows Vale Wm. Farmer, Hallmond's Frome Watkins John, smith Wilkins Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper |
Letters through Bromyard are delivered at 9.15a.m.; dispatched at 3.35 p.m. Bromyard is the nearest money order officeNational School, Thomas Farmer, master; Miss. Elizabeth Farmer, mistress
CARRIER TO WORCESTER.---Samuel Morris, wednesday & saturday
[Transcribed by Barbara E. Haner in November 2004
from a personal copy of Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863]