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Leinthall Starkes, 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)]
"LEINTHALL STARKES, a parish in the hundred of Wigmore, county Hereford, 9 miles from Leominster, its post town, and 6 S.W. of Ludlow. The parish, which is of small extent, is situated on the turnpike road from Leominster to Knighton. The inhabitants are wholly engaged in agriculture. The soil consists of loam, gravel, and clay. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Hereford, value £53. The church, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is an ancient stone structure, with a belfry containing two bells. The parochial charities produce about £18 per annum, of which £14 go to Allen's free school, founded in 1704. A Sunday-school is also held in the schoolhouse. In the churchyard are several old yew-trees."

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