In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rotherwas like this:
ROTHERAS, or Rotherwas, a quondam chapelry in Dinedor parish, Herefordshire; on the river Wye, 2 miles E S E of Hereford. Its church became part of afarm's buildings. R. House belonged, in the time of James I., to Sir Roger Bodenham; is said to have thengiven lodging for a night to the king; and belongs now toT. Bodenham, Esq.
Additional information about this locality is available for Dinedor
Rotherwas through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Rotherwas has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Herefordshire. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Rotherwas and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rotherwas in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25052
Date accessed: 26th May 2013
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