In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burghill like this:
BURGHILL, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands near the river Lug, 1½ mile SW of Moreton r. station, and 3¾ NW of Hereford; and has a post office under Hereford. The parish includes also the township of Tillington. Acres, 3,704. ...
Real property, £7,018. Pop., 934. Houses, 197. The property is divided among a few. Burghill Court is the seat of B. Biddulph, Esq. An ancient square camp occurs in the parish, near the Port-way to Kenchester. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £94. Patron, B. Biddulph, Esq. The church is Norman, with a pinnacled tower; was entirely restored in 1854; and contains a fine altarscreen, a figured font, and a monument of Sir John Milbourne, Bart. A school has £8 from endowment; and other charities £12. The subdistrict contains twelve parishes, most of another, and an extra-parochial tract. Acres, 23,851. Pop., 5,737. Houses, 1,195.-
Burghill through time
Burghill is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burghill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burghill in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4314
Date accessed: 02nd November 2024
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