Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NETHERWOOD

NETHERWOOD, a hamlet in Thornbury parish, Hereford; 4¼ miles N N W of Bromyard. Pop., 37. The estate belonged to the Mortimers; and passed, through the Baskervilles and others, to the Pytts. Roger Mortimer, of the 14th century, and Devereux, the favourite of Queen Elizabeth, were natives.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Thornbury AP/CP       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Netherwood

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