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Evesbatch, Herefordshire - Post Office Directory, 1863
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Extract from Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863
Transcription by Barbara Haner © 2004EVESBATCH.
EVESBATCH is a parish 8 miles north-north-east from Ledbury, and 5½ south-east from Bromyard, in Radlow hundred, Bromyard union and county court district, rural deanery of Frome, and Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric. The church of St. Andrew is a plain old building with square tower. The living is a discharged rectory, value £150 per annum, with residence, in the gift of the Berkeley family; the Rev. William Henry Bloxsome, M.A., is the rector. The population in 1861 was 87; the acreage 973.WOODEND, The Pool, The Court, The Farm, The Brook Farm and The Ridgway are places here.
Parish Clerk, James Roberts.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Hicks Rev. John [curate] |
COMMERCIAL.
Hall Edwin, farmer, The Pool Hill William, farmer, Woodend Parker James, farmer, Court | Phillips William, farmer, The Farm Spencer Thomas, farmer, Brook farm Stockford Edwin, farmer, Ridgway farm |
Letters through Bromyard, which is the nearest money order office.
[Transcribed by Barbara E. Haner in September 2004
from a personal copy of Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863]