Felton, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"FELTON, a parish in the hundred of Broxash, county Hereford, 7 miles N.E. of Hereford, and 9 S.E. of Leominster. Bromyard is its post town. Hops are cultivated, and cider and perry extensively made. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Hereford, value £207. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a handsome stone structure, with stained-glass windows, tesselated pavement, and beautifully carved stone font and pulpit. There is a parochial school for both sexes."

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