Orleton Herefordshire Family History Guide
Orleton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Comberton.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1565
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Orleton Parish Registers
Search online indexed transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials. Taken from the original parish registers, these entries may include names, dates, family relationships, residences, occupations and other details noted by the minister, with earlier records naturally offering fewer details.
Baptism Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of baptisms.
Orleton Herefordshire Baptisms 1660-1851
Marriage and Banns Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of marriages.
Orleton Herefordshire Marriages 1660-1840
Orleton, St George Herefordshire Marriages 1565-1835
Death and Burial Records
These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burials.
Orleton Herefordshire Burials 1565-1839
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ORLETON, a village and a parish in Leominster district, Hereford. The village stands on an affluent of the river Teme, ¾ of a mile W of the Leominster canal and the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, 1½ SW by S of Woofferton-Junction r. station and of the boundary with Salop, and 5 S by W of Ludlow; is one of the oldest villages in the county; presents a very antiquated appearance, with houses mostly constructed of timber; was a seat of petty sessions; and has a post-office under Ludlow, and a large cattle fair on 24 April.
The parish contains also the hamlet of Comberton, and comprises 2,603 acres. Real property, £4,420. Pop., 600. Houses, 133. Most of the property is divided among a few. The manor belonged once to the Mortimers; passed, through various hands, to Blount, the antiquary; and belongs now to W. Blount, Esq. Orleton Court, an ancient building, is the chief residence; and is said to have sheltered Charles II., after the battle of Worcester. There is a landslip, called the Churn.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £156. Patrons, the Governors of Lucton School. The church is variously Norman, early English, and of later dates; presents a very plain and simple appearance; comprises nave, small chancel, and tiny porch; contains monuments of the Blounts; and was finely restored prior to 1868. A greatly decayed ancient cross is in the-churchyard. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £6. Bishop Adam de Orleton was a native.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ORLETON, a parish, in the union of Leominster, hundred of Wolphy, county of Hereford, 5 miles (S. by W.) from Ludlow; containing 603 inhabitants. It comprises 2497 acres, of which two-thirds are arable, and the remainder pasture. The Leominster canal and the road from Ludlow to Leominster pass through. There are courts leet and baron in March and October. A large fair for cattle is held on the 23rd and 24th of April.
The living is a vicarage; patrons and impropriators, the Governors of Lucton school: the great tithes have been commuted for £145. 14., and the vicarial for £129. 9.; the glebe comprises about one acre, with a house. The church is ancient, has a shingled spire, and contains a curious font. Blount, the antiquary, was a native of the parish, and lies buried in the chancel of the church.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Historical Maps
British National Grid Ref: SO 49436 67199
BNG Eastings, Northings: 349436, 267199
Latitude, Longitude: 52.300569, -2.742919
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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: Wolphy
- Province: Canterbury