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Kentchurch, Herefordshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"KENTCHURCH, a parish in the hundred of Webtree, county Hereford, 13 miles S.W. of Hereford, its post town, 14 W. of Ross, and 2 S.E. of Pontrilas railway station. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Monnow. The land is chiefly arable, and the soil various. The railway crosses the parish. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £348 1s. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Hereford, value £246, in the patronage of the lord chancellor.

The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure, with a tower containing five bells. In the interior are several monuments, one of which is to the Scudamore family. The parochial charities produce about £20 per annum. There is a free school, endowed with £16 per annum, for both sexes. Kentchurch Court, the principal residence, is situated in a park abounding with deer, and is the seat of Colonel Scudamore, in whose family it has remained many centuries. The above gentleman is lord of the manor and principal landowner."

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