Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ROWLSTONE

ROWLSTONE, a parish in the district and county of Hereford; 1½ mile W of Pontrilas r. station, and 2½ S S W of Abbeydore. Post-town, Pontrilas, under Hereford. Acres, 1, 678. Real property, £1, 227. Pop., 145. Houses, 28. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, united with the p. curacy of Llancillo, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £200. Patron, Mr. King. The church was restored in 1865.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Rowlstone AP/CP       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Rowlstone

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