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Ullingswick, Herefordshire - Kelly's Directory, 1891

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Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1891

Transcription by Barbara Haner © 2003

ULLINGSWICK.

ULLINGSWICK is a parish in a delightfully pleasant vale, about 2 miles and a half west on the road from Bromyard to Hereford, 6 miles south-south-by-west from Bromyard station on the Worcester and Hereford section of the Great Western railway, 6 east from Dinmore station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford (Great Western and London and North Western joint) railway and 9 north-east-by-north from Hereford, in the northern division of the county, Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, county court district and petty sessional division, rural deanery of Frome (north division) and archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford. From some of the eminences in this parish very extensive and beautiful views are obtained. The church (name not known) is a building of stone, in the Gothic style of the 13th century, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western tower containing 5 bells; there is a stained window in the chancel to the late Mrs. John Garbett, and others to members of the Ware family: the church was restored in 1863, at a cost of £600, under the direction of Mr. F.R. Kempson, architect, of Birchfield, Avenbury. The register dates from the year 1561. The living is a rectory, with the chapelry of Little Cowarne annexed, average tithe rent charge £281, joint gross yearly value £331, including 25 acres of glebe here, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Worcester, and held since 1854 by the Rev. John Middleton Ware LL.B. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. The Rev. J. M. Ware LL.B. rector, is the lord of the manor. Colonel Parker, of Warwick, Rev. J. M. Ware LL.B. Mr. William Lord, Mr. John Skerrett and Mr. Carless, of Hereford, are the principal landowners. The soil is a stiff clay; subsoil rock and clay. The chief crops are wheat, beans, peas, hops and apples. Cider is made here. The area is 1,245 acres; rateable value, £1,801; population in 1881 was 293.

Parish Clerk, Henry Hodges.

POST OFFICE.-Hy. Weaver, postmaster. Letters through Worcester, via Bromyard, arrive at 9 a.m.; dispatched at 4 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bromyard

WALL LETTER BOX at The Pulling farm, cleared at 4 p.m. on week days only

Parochial School (mixed), built in 1873 for this & the adjoining parishes of Little Cowarne & Felton; it will hold 65 children; average attendance, 40; Mrs. Matilda Sirrell, mistress.

CARRIERS TO:-
HEREFORD - John Skerrett, Francis Merrick & Jonathan Thomas, wed. & sat, returning same days
BROMYARD- John Skerrett, Francis Merrick & Jonathan Thomas, thurs. returning same day


ULLINGSWICK.

PRIVATE RESIDENT.

Ware Rev. Jn. Middleton LL.B. Rectory Ware Christopher Henry, Rectory

COMMERCIAL.

Baylis Jn., Carpenter & wheelwright
Baylis Nathaniel, farmer, The Pulling
Butts, George, blacksmith
Hartland Frederick, shopkeeper
Hyde Thomas, shoe maker
Lewis, George, farmer, Wilden
Mann, Susannah (Mrs.) frmr, Upper Town
Mapp John, shopkeeper, Wood hill
Merrick Fras., frmr & carrier, Loudy hall
Pantle Henry, farmer, Pool house
Sirrell James, jun. farmer, The Linnetts
Skerrett Herbert, farmer, The Gobbetts
Skerrett John, farmer & carrier, Dundercamp
Taylor James, farmer, Upper Town
Taysom Charles, farmer & beer & cider retailer, Bestacre
Thomas Jonathan, farmer & carrier, Cliff edge
Weaver, Henry, shopkeeper, Post office
Whiting Joseph, farmer, Sheepcote
Wood Allen, farmer, Steps house

[Transcribed by Barbara E. Haner in November 2003
from a personal copy of Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1891]