In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Canon Frome like this:
CANON-FROME, a parish in Ledbury district, Hereford; on the river Frome, 2 miles N of Ashperton r. station, and 6 NW by N of Ledbury. Post Town, Bosbury, under Ledbury. Acres, 1,023. Real property, £1,278. Pop., 115. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. Canon-Frome Court is the seat of the Rev. John Hopton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £220. Patron, the Rev. John Hopton. The church was built in 1861; is in the early English style, with ornate chancel and alabaster reredos; and retains the tower of a previous church.
Canon Frome through time
Canon Frome is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Canon Frome itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Canon Frome in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5606
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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