Byton
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"BYTON, a parish in the hundred of WIGMORE, county of HEREFORD, 4 miles (E.S.E.) from Presteigne, containing 168? inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £5, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary." [From Samuel Lewis A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831) ©Mel Lockie]
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St Mary, Byton, Church of England |
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- The transcription of the section for Byton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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