Burghill, Herefordshire Family History Guide

Burghill is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Tillington.

The civil parish of Burghill includes Tillington, Portway and Eltons Marsh.

Parish church: St Mary the Virgin

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1655
Bishop's Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Parishes adjacent to Burghill

Stretton Sugwas
Huntington
Moreton on Lugg
Pipe and Lyde
Holmer
Credenhill
Canon Pyon
Wellington
Brinsop

Historical Descriptions

Burghill

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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 Portway 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 altar screen, 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.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Burghill, 4 miies N.W. Hereford. P. 863.

Source: Leonard's Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

Tillington

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Tillington, a township, in the parish of Burghill, hundred of Grimsworth, union and county of Hereford, 5 miles (NW by N) from Hereford; containing 462 inhabitants.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.