A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HAMPTON BISHOP, a village and a parish in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands between the rivers Wye and Lugg, 2½ miles SSW of Withington r. station, and 4 SE by E of Hereford; and has a post office under Hereford. The parish includes also the township of Tupsley, and comprises 2, 845 acres. Real property, £7, 967. Pop. in 1851, 913; in 1861, 1, 047. Houses, 203. The property is much subdivided. Some of the inhabitants are employed in making baskets and sieves. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £413.* Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is ancient; was recently restored; and contains a monument to Col. Weare. The township of Tupsley was recently constituted a separate charge, and has a church of 1866. Charities, £16.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Hampton Bishop CP/AP Herefordshire AncC |
| Place: | Hampton Bishop |
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