Bishops Wood Herefordshire & Gloucestershire Family History Guide
Bishops Wood is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire, Ceated in 1845 from Walford Ancient Parish (Herefordshire) and Ruardean Ecclesiastical Parish.
Alternative names: Bishopswood
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1841
Nonconformists include:
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Adjacent Parishes
- Ruardean
- Welsh Bicknor Herefordshire
- Walford Herefordshire
- Goodrich Herefordshire
- Hope Mansell Herefordshire
Parish History
Gazetteer of the British Isles 1887
Bishopswood.- eccl. dist., Walford (Herefordshire) and Ruardean (Gloucestershire) pars., on river Wye, 3¼ miles SW. of Ross, pop. 405. The estate of Bishopswood is 3½ miles S. of Ross, Herefordshire.
Source: Gazetteer of the British Isles, Statistical and Topographical. Editor: John Bartholomew. Publisher, A. and C. Black. Published: 1887
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BISHOPSWOOD, a chapelry in Walford and Ruardean parishes, Hereford; on the river Wye, 3¼ miles SSW of Ross r. station. It was constituted in 1845; and its Post Town is Walford under Ross.
Acres and property, not reported. Pop., 403. Houses, 100. The property is much subdivided; and there are iron-works. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £35. Patron, J. Partridge, Esq. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Administration
- County: Herefordshire; Gloucestershire
- Civil Registration District: Ross
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory); Court of the Bishop of Gloucester (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Ross
- Poor Law Union: Ross
- Hundred: Greytree; St Briavels
- Province: Canterbury