In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grendon Bishop like this:
GRENDON BISHOP, a parish in Bromyard district, Hereford; gear the Bromyard and Leominster railway, 4 miles WNW of Bromyard. Post town, Bromyard, under Worcester. Acres, 1, 689. Real property, £1, 829. Pop., 199. Houses, 38. The property is divided among a few. There is an ancient camp. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £85. Patron, the Vicar of Bromyard. The church was rebuilt in 1788, and is good.
Grendon Bishop through time
Grendon Bishop is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grendon Bishop itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grendon Bishop in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3301
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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