Haywood, Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Haywood is an extra-parochial place in the county of Hereford; 3¾ miles south-south-west of Hereford.

Adjacent Parishes

Haywood Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Haywood. The index includes information from Cheltenham Settlement Examinations, 1815-1826.

Cheltenham Settlement Examinations, 1815-1826

The following have been extracted from Cheltenham Settlement Examinations, 1815-1826, edited by Irvine Gray.

2 December 1817. Rebecca Hawkins
Born in Heywood, Herefs. On the first day of January 1814 she was married in the church of St. Philip & Jacob, Bristol. Her late husband Thomas Hawkins and she went to live in Longney, Glos, upon an estate which he had previously disposed of for £500, and part of which he then rented as a yearly tenant. Soon after their marriage she separated from her husband and came to live in Cheltenham. Her husband died about six months ago. (mark)

Historical Directories

Haywood Cassey Directory of Herefordshire 1858

Haywood liberty adjoins the township of Grafton and parish of Dewsall, and is extra-parochial, containing about 1,000 acres, which are applied to arable, pasture, and meadow. A small quantity of hops are grown in this locality. F R. Wegg Prosser, Esq., of Belmont, is lord of the soil and lord of the manor.

Letters through Hereford, which is the nearest money order office.

Andrews William, farmer
Barrett E, farmer, Merry hill
Edwards J. & R., farmers
James William, farmer, Knockerell
Landon T., farmer, Haywood lodge
Sandford W., carpenter
Wilcox Francis, blacksmith

Source: Edward Cassey & Co.: History, Topography, and Directory of Herefordshire. Printed by William Bailey, 107, Fishergate 1858.

Parish History

Haywood The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HAYWOOD, or HAYWOOD-FOREST, an extra-parochial liberty in the district and county of Hereford; on the Hereford and Abergavenny railway, 3½ miles SSW of Hereford. Acres, 1,395. Real property, £1,562. Pop., 102. Houses, 22.

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

Haywood The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Haywood, an extra-parochial liberty in the upper division of the hund. of Wormelow, county of Hereford; 3¾ miles south-south-west of Hereford, in the line of the Abergavenny and Hereford railway. Hops have been annually cultivated in this parish to the extent of 35 acres. Acres 1,650. Houses 8. Pop., in 1801, 68 , in 1831, 53.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Haywood Forest The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Haywood-Forest, an extra-parochial district in the hund. of Webtree, county of Hereford. Acres 1,030. Houses 9. Pop., in 1801, 80; in 1831, 73.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

Historical Maps

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Administration

  • County: Herefordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Hereford
  • Probate Court: Search the courts of the surrounding parishes
  • Diocese: Not Applicable
  • Rural Deanery: Not Applicable
  • Poor Law Union: Hereford
  • Hundred: Webtree
  • Province: Canterbury