Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LINTON

LINTON, a township in Bromyard parish, Hereford; 3 miles SE of Bromyard. Acres, 2,630. Real property, £3,810; of which £21 are in quarries. Pop. in 1851, 587; in 1861,547. Houses, 117. The manor belongs to R. B. Phillips, Esq. Clater Park is a chief residence. The Bromyard workhouse is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 33 inmates.


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

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

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