Kingsland Herefordshire Family History Guide
Status: Ancient Parish
Other places included in the parish: Aston, Lawton, Longford Street, Street Longford, West Town
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1548
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Lucton
- Croft
- Eardisland
- Leinthall Earles
- Monkland
- Aymestrey
- Shobdon
- Leominster
- Eyton
- Yarpole
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
KINGSLAND, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Leominster district, Hereford. The village stands in a fertile valley between the rivers Lug, Arrow, and Pinsley, near the line of a Roman road, and near the Leominster and Kington railway, 4 miles WNW of Leominster; is said to have had a castle, where King Merwald was buried; was once a market town; is well built, and of considerable extent; and has a station on the railway, a head post office, designated Kingsland, Herefordshire, and a fair on 11 Oct. The parish includes the townships of Aston, Lawton, Street, Longford, and West Town. Acres, 4,735. Real property, £8,528. Pop., 1,150. Houses, 263. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the Mortimers, and belongs now to the Rev. R. D. Evans. The battle of Mortimer's cross, in 1461, was fought on Kingsland-field, 2¼ miles NW of the village; and is commemorated by a monumental stone, erected there in 1799. The township of Street and the ancient mansion of Street-Court take name from the Roman road. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £800. Patron, the Rev. R. D. Evans. The church is ancient but good; has an embattled tower; and contains a piscina, sedilia, and several monuments. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and a school with £5 from endowment. The subdistrict contains also seven other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 26,892. Pop., 4,855. Houses, 1,045.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
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Birth Marriage and Death Records
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Grave Indexes
Migration and Naturalisation Records
Migration Records at FamilySearch
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Census Records
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales National Register, 1939
Probate and Court Records
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
Military Records
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners' Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
County: Herefordshire
Civil Registration District: Leominster
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Hereford
Rural Deanery: Leominster
Poor Law Union: Leominster
Hundred: Stretford
Province: Canterbury