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Mathon

Cemeteries
Churches
Description & Travel
Gazetteers

Historical Geography
Maps
Names, Personal

"MATHON, a parish in the lower division of the hundred of Pershore, county Worcester, 2 miles W. of Great Malvern, and 7 N.E. of Ledbury. The village, which is small, is situated on Cradley Brook, near Malvern Hills. ... More" [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

Cemeteries

Anglican
St John the Baptist, Mathon (and West Malvern), Church of England

Churches

Anglican
St John the Baptist, Mathon (and West Malvern), Church of England

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Description and Travel

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Gazetteers

The transcription of the section for Mathon from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

"Mathon was transferred from WOR to HEF in 1897 and from Diocese of Worcester to Diocese of Hereford in 1906."
(Ref: The Parish Registers of Herefordshire, J Harnden, 1987, ISBN 0 9512347 0 6)
The area now known as West Malvern was originally part of Mathon, but was made a separate parish at that time, and remained part of Worcestershire.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SO735458 (Lat/Lon: 52.109886, -2.388365), Mathon which are provided by:

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Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
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Names, Personal

A list of Mathon Rectors and Vicars (1284-1997), taken from a board inside the Church.