Dinedor, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"DINEDOR, a parish in the hundred of Webtree, in the county of Hereford, 3½ miles S.E. of Hereford. It is situated on the bank of the river Wye, and the greater part of the land is under tillage. A fine view is commanded from Dinedor Hill, on the summit of which is a camp made by the Roman general Ostorius Scapula. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford, value £315, in the patronage of Worcester College, Oxford. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. Part of the rectorial tithes belong to the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, and part to the Governors of Guy's Hospital."

"ROTHERWAS, a chapelry in the parish of Dinedor, hundred of Webtree, county Hereford. There is no village, but an old seat overlooking the Wye. The chapel, a small ancient structure, has long been desecrated, and now serves as a barn."

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