Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORMSLEY

WORMSLEY, a parish in Weobly district, Hereford; 2½ miles N by E of Bishop stone r. station, and 3 SE of Weobly. Post town, Weobly, Herefordshire. Acres, 1,233. Real property, £1,181. Pop., 121. Houses, 20. The manor belongs to Sir W. R. Boughton, Bart. An Augustinian priory was founded here by G. Talbot, in the time of King John. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, not reported. Patron, Sir W. R. Boughton, Bart. The church is tolerable.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wormsley CP/PA/AP       Weobley RegD/PLU       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Wormsley

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