Peterchurch, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1856

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1856

PETERCHURCH.

PETERCHURCH is a township, parish, and village 12 miles wets from Hereford Railway Station, 9 north-west from Pontrillas Station, 7 north-west from Abbey Dore Union, and 9 east from Hay, in Webtree hundred, Hereford county court, Abbey Dore Union and petty sessions, Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric. It is situated very pleasantly on the River Dore, in the Golden valley, on the Ross and Hat road. The church of St. Peter is a handsome old stone building, with spire and tower, in the Norman style; it has nave, chancel, porch, aisle, font, 6 bells, and several monuments. The living is a vicarage, worth £327 yearly, with residence, in the gift of the Rev. W. J. Thomas; the rev. Brathwaite Armitage, M.A., is the incumbent. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, and there is a National School for boys and girls. Urishay Castle is the seat of Thomas Delahay, Esq. The remains of Snodhill Castle are in the parish. The population, in 1851 was 730, and the acreage is 5,089. The soil is a rich loam; the subsoil is clay and sandstone. T, Delahay, Esq., is lord of the manor, and, with J. Jones, Esq., is chief landowner. There are charities of about £15 yearly value. The church contains a rude piece of stone sculpture representing a trout with a gold chain round its neck, and which is said to have been taken in the River Dore; and from this circumstance the valley is said to have taken its name of the Golden Valley.

   SNODHILL is 2 miles north-west.

   HINTON, Castle Farm, Crossway, Snodhill, Old Tays, Wilmerstone, Dragon's Pool, Oatley, Wellbrook, Newhouse, Cwm, and Trenant Mill, are places here

GENTRY
Armitage Rev. Brathwaite	Jenkins Rev. William J., Urishay
Delahay Thomas, esq., Urishay castle	Jones Rev. Morgan, Crossway

TRADERS
Ball Thomas, cider retailer	Jones Jeremiah, shoemaker
Barrett Jeremiah, farmer, Hinton	Jones Joseph, farmer, Old Tays
Davies John farmer, Castle Farm	Maddox James, farmer, Hinton
Davis John, farmer, Hinton	Maddox William, miller, Trenant Mill
Davis Thomas, blacksmith	Maddy William, farmer, Wilmerston
Davis William, shoemaker	Mathews Samuel, farmer, Wellbrook
Dodd William, farmer, New Lodge	Mathews Thomas, farmer, Oatley
Eckley John, farmer, Upper Wellbrook	Medlicot John, farmer, Hinton Court
Evans William, miller, Snodhill Mill	Merrick Charles, blacksmith
Garrett William, farmer	Morgan Geo., shopkeeper
Gwynne John, "Bolton Arms"	Pearce Thomas, farmer, Snodhill
Hancorn John, grocer & timber merchant	Powell James, shopkeeper
Howard John, jun., "Crown"	Powell John, carrier
Howard John, sen., beer retailer, wheelwright & parish clerk	Price Thomas, shopkeeper
Howell Matthew, farmer, Cwm	Serrall John, farmer, Dragon's Pool
Hughes Thomas, shoemaker	Williams George, farmer, New House
Jenkins John, chemist & druggist, Crossway	Williams William, farmer, Snodhill
Jenkins Thomas, farmer, Snodhill	Winter Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Snodhill
Jenkins Wm., draper & grocer, Crossway

   Letters through Hereford, which is the nearest money order office

[Transcribed by Richard Lane in December 2002
from a copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1856 in Hereford Central Library]