In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described How Caple like this:
HOW-CAPLE, a village and a parish in Ross district, Hereford. The village stands near the river Wye, 2¾ miles ENE of Fawley r. station, and 4½ NNE of Ross; and has a post office under Ross. The parish comprises 1, 018 acres. Real property, £1, 918. Pop., 161. Houses, 29. The manor belongs to Mrs. Coleman and Mrs. Holt. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Sollers-Hope, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £344.* Patron, Mrs. S. Stackhouse. The church has a pinnacled tower.
How Caple through time
How Caple is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about How Caple itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of How Caple in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1940
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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