In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kentchurch like this:
KENTCHURCH, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands on the river Monnow, at the boundary with Monmouth, 2 miles SE of Pentrilas r. station, and 12 SW by W of Hereford; and has a post office‡ under Hereford. The parish comprises 3, 286 acres. ...
Real property, £2, 179. Pop., 325. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Kentchurch Court, has belonged, for several centuries to the Scudamore family. The Court is a castellated mansion, said to have been built by Henry IV.; and stands in an extensive park, on the W slope of Garway hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £246. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient; was recently restored; has a tower; and contains a splendid marble monument, with eleven finely wrought figures, to members of the Scudamore family. An endowed school has £16; and other charities £4.—The sub-district contains also eight other parishes in Hereford, and two in Monmouth. Acres, 26, 723. Pop., 3, 567. Houses, 731.
Kentchurch through time
Kentchurch is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kentchurch itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kentchurch in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4254
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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