Eastnor, Herefordshire Family History Guide

Eastnor is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1561
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Adjacent Parishes

• Bromsberrow
• Ledbury
• Berrow
• Castlemorton

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EASTNOR, a parish in Ledbury district, Hereford; under the Malvern hills, near the Worcester and Hereford railway, 1¼ mile E of Ledbury. It has a post office under Ledbury. Acres, 3,186. Real property, £3,664; of which £22 are in quarries. Pop., 478. Houses, 105. The property is not much divided. The parish gives the title of Viscount to Earl Somers. Eastnor Castle, the Earl’s seat, is a splendid mansion, on the plan of ancient baronial castles. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value not reported. Patron, Earl Somers. The church was recently rebuilt; and contains monuments of the Somers family.

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

Parish Records

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Directories

The Post Office Directory Of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, and The City Of Bristol 1863

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Administration

• County: Herefordshire
• Civil Registration District: Ledbury
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Hereford
• Rural Deanery: Frome
• Poor Law Union: Ledbury
• Hundred: Radlow
• Province: Canterbury