History of Hereford in Herefordshire

Place:

Hereford Herefordshire

Names from historical writing:

The following appear as names for Hereford. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name	Author	Source
HEREFORD	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
HEREFORD	John Marius Wilson	Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
THE VINEYARD	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
VINEYARD	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
VINEYARD THE	John Bartholomew	Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

The above links take you to the first reference to this particular version of the name within a book of travel writing, or to the relevant gazetteer entry.
Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.

Names for administrative units:

These names were used for units associated with Hereford. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:

Name	Unit Type	Source
ALL SAINTS	Parish-level Unit (CP/Ch)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
BAPTIST ST JOHN	Parish-level Unit (PA/CP)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
E160442	Local Government District (MB)
E160448	Local Government District (RD)
HEREFORD	1841 Occupation reporting area	1841 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Occupation Abstract'.
	Ancient District (Borough)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
	Archdeaconry	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Southern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1979), p. 778.
	Constituency (PBCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Constituency (CCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
	Diocese	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 864.
	Local Government District (RD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 672.
	Local Government District (MB)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
	Parish-level Unit (CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (RegD)	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
	Poor Law Union/Reg. District (PLU)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 670.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 864.
	Sanitary District (USD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
	Sanitary District (RSD)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 671.
	Urban Labour Market	Great Britain Historical GIS Project
HEREFORD ALL SAINTS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ALL SAINTS	Parish-level Unit (CP/Ch)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD AND SOUTH HEREFORDSHIRE	Constituency (CCon)	Boundary Commission for England, Fifith Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 2009)
HEREFORD CITY	Registration sub-District	1911 Census of England and Wales, Table 5, 'Registration Counties, Districts and Sub-districts with their constituent civil parishes. - Urban or Rural District in which each parish is situated; Area; families or separate occupiers, and population, 1901 and 1911; and population enumerated in Institutions, large establishments, and on vessels, &c., 1911'.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 864.
	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 864.
HEREFORD CITY OF	Local Government District (MB)	1931 Census of England and Wales, Table 3, 'Industries (condensed list) of Males and Females (exclusive of persons out of work)'.
HEREFORD HOLY TRINITY	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD RURAL	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 864.
HEREFORDSHIRE HEREFORD	Constituency (PDivCon)	Richard H.A. Cheffins, Parliamentary Constituencies and their registers since 1832 (London: The British Library, 1998)
HEREFORDSHIRE HEREFORD	Constituency (CCon)	Boundary Commission for England, First Periodical Report (London: H.M.S.O., 1954)
HEREFORD SOUTH	Rural Deanery	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 864.
HEREFORD ST JAMES	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Parish-level Unit (PA/CP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST MARTIN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST MARTIN	Parish-level Unit (CP/PA)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST NICHOLAS	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST NICHOLAS	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST OWEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST OWEN	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST PETER	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST PETER	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD ST PETER WITH ST OWEN	Ecclesiastical Parish (EP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
HEREFORD THE VINEYARD	Parish-level Unit (CP/ExP)	F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 129.
MARTIN ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/PA)	1831 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
NICHOLAS ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
OWEN ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
PETER ST	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1801 Census of Great Britain, Table [1], 'Population Abstract'.
ST JOHN THE BAPTIST	Parish-level Unit (PA/CP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST MARTIN	Parish-level Unit (CP/PA)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST NICHOLAS	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST OWEN	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
ST PETER	Parish-level Unit (CP/AP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.
THE VINEYARD	Parish-level Unit (CP/ExP)	1891 Census of England and Wales, Table 2, 'Area and Population in Registration Districts and Sub-Districts and in Civil Parishes'.

NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Hereford, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:

For cities, the associated administrative units will usually include parishes, especially ecclesiastical parishes, one of whose names is the name of the city followed by a saint's dedication, with just the saint's name as another variant. Parish names will sometimes also include "places" within towns.
Districts usually contain more than one settlement, and some districts had their names changed to take the name of a completely different settlement. As we link each administrative unit to just one of our "places", usually the last place the unit was named after, in these cases the name for a completely different place will appear on this page.
Similarly, a unit may sometimes be named after a particular settlement it contains and sometimes to indicate its location within a higher level unit. This was very common among British parliamentary constituencies in rural areas, one name referring to their main town and another indicating that they were in, say, the southern part of the relevant county.

Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Hereford, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hereford in Herefordshire | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/240/names

Date accessed: 21st April 2025