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Peterchurch, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1856
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Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1856
Transcription by Richard Lane © 2002PETERCHURCH.
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]