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Extract from Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863

Transcription by Barbara Haner © 2004

KIMBOLTON.

KIMBOLTON is a large parish and township, with the townships of STOCKTON and HAMNISH CLIFFORD, containing a scattered population, 2½ miles north-east from Leominster station, 15 north from Hereford, and 159½ from London, in Leominster electoral and petty sessional division, union, county court district and rural deanery, Wolphy hundred, and Hereford archdeaconry, and Hereford bishopric; it is situated on rising ground, on the turnpike road from Leominster to Tenbury. The church of St. Andrew is an old stone building, in the Early English style, and was repaired about 1843; it has a low square tower with 4 bells and shingle spire; nave, chancel, Lady chapel, and font and, from its situation on an elevated site, forms a picturesque object from several adjacent points. The living is a perpetual curacy with that of Middleton-on-the-hill, joint annual worth £132 is the gift of the Bishop of Hereford; the Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, is the incumbent. The register dates from 1565. There is a chapel for Primitive Methodists, and a Roman Camp in the parish, 1 mile and a half east of the church. The population in 1861 was 723; the acreage is 4,310. The soil is clayed. Lord Rodney and George Henry Bengough, Esq., are chief landowners

STOCKTON is a township in the parish, in which the church is situated.
HAMNISH CLIFFORD is another township in the parish, situated on the southern side, 1 mile and a half from the parish church.

Parish Clerk, William Owens.


KIMBOLTON.

COMMERCIAL.

Bowdler Benjamin, farmer, The Ride
Bradley James, wheelwright
Callow Edward, farmer, Pateshall
Chadney Henry, farmer, The Walls
Evans Wm. farmer, Kimbolton court
Gregory John, shoemaker
Griffiths George, farmer, Endoll
Mapp William, farmer, Shop farm
Moore Catherine (Mrs.), farmer, The Hundred
Owens William, carpenter & parish clerk
Owens Wm. wheelwright, Churchfield
Pitt Thomas, farmer, New House farm
Pitt Wm. farmer, Lower Kimbolton
Roberts Wm. carpenter, The Hundred
Rogers William, farmer, Lea farm
Yates Harriet (Mrs.) farmer, The Hundred

STOCKTON.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Burgess Josiah, Cam
Hutchinson Rev. Thomas, M.A. [incumbent], Grantsfield

COMMERCIAL.

Beaumont Richd. farmer, Rowley fields
Benbow John, farmer, Mennels
Bevan William, farmer, Forbury
Carwardine John (exors. of), farmer & cattle dealer, Stockton bury
Cox John, farmer, Crantsfield
Davies Thomas, farmer, Lower Bach
Griffiths Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Brock ho
Hall Thomas, farmer, Grantsfield
Harris Thomas, farmer, Stockton field
Hill George, farmer, Brook farm
Hirons William, blacksmith
Jay John, farmer, Hawthorn
Jay Samuel, farmer, Stockton field
Jay William, farmer, Upper Bach
Langford Wm. shoemaker, Lever hill
Lawrence John, blacksmith
Moyle Samuel, farmer, Stanley
Phillips James, stonemason
Phillips William Stockton Cross & shopkeeper
Pulling Joseph, carpenter
Ravenhill William, farmer, Gorstey hill
Smith John, stonemason
Taylor John, stonemason & shopkeeper
Wall Thomas, shoemaker, Docklow cot
Yeomans William, farmer, Gorstey hill

HAMNISH CLIFFORD.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

Stephenson Charles Benjamin, esq. J.P. Hennor house
Woodhouse James Geo. esq Little Hennor

COMMERCIAL.

Hill Ann (Miss), spirit dealer & retailer, Brock hall
Jones Benjamin, farmer
Lane Francis, farmer
Minton Thomas, farmer, Holden farm
Pateshall Wm. farmer, Little Hennor
Pember John, farmer
Phillips Thomas, carpenter & wheelwright, Holly brook
Vale William, farmer

POST OFFICE LETTER BOX, Stockton Cross. - Letters received by foot post through Leominster, which is the nearest money order office

Poor Rate Collector, Thomas Parkes, Stoke Prior

[Transcribed by Barbara E. Haner in March 2004
from a personal copy of Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863]