In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clehonger like this:
CLEHONGER, a parish in the district and county of Hereford; on the river Wye, near the Hereford and Brecon and the Hereford and Abergavenny railways, 3 miles SW of Hereford. Post town, Hereford. Acres, 1,888. Real property, £3, 450. Pop., 451. Houses,-96. John Matthews the philanthropist and member of parliament, was lord of the manor; and his son and daughter were authors of the "Diary of an Invalid" and "Pomona or the Apple-Trees of Herefordshire. ...
" The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, not reported. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is early English; consists of nave and chancel with a tower; and contains monuments of the Aubreys and the Matthewses. There are a Roman Catholic chapel, and charities £7.
Clehonger through time
Clehonger is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clehonger itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clehonger in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5519
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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