Pembridge, Herefordshire Family History Guide

Pembridge is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Other places in the parish include: Moorcourt.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin: 1564

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PEMBRIDGE, a village and a parish in the district of Presteigne and county of Hereford. The village stands on the river Arrow, near the Leominster and Kington railway, 7 miles W of Leominster; was formerly a market town; is nominally a borough, governed by a high bailiff; and has a station on the railway, and a head post-office, designated Pembridge, Herefordshire, and fairs on 13 May and 22 Nov. The parish comprises 7,077 acres. Real property, £10,797; of which £110 are on the railway . Pop. in 1851, 1,319; in 1861, 1,500. Houses, 306. The property is subdivided. The manors belonged anciently to the Mortimers; and belong now to the Rev. F. Evans and J. K. Smithies, Esq. A new mansion was built in 1861. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £975. Patron, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church is of the 13th and 14th centuries; and a wooden bell-tower stands near it. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, endowed national schools, alms-houses for 12 persons, and some smaller charities.

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

Pembridge, 7 miles W. Leominster. Mrkt. Tues. P. 1306.

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

Universal British Directory 1791

Pembridge is to the south-west of the river Arrow, 148 miles from London; has a pretty considerable manufactory of woollen cloth, a market on Tuesday, and fairs on May 12 and Nov. 22.

Source: The Universal British Directory of Trade, Commerce, and Manufacture 1791. Volume the Fifth.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Herefordshire, Pembridge – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Herefordshire, Pembridge (Broxwood) Roman Catholic monumental inscriptions
Author: Herefordshire Family History Society

England, Herefordshire, Pembridge – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Pembridge, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Herefordshire, Pembridge – Church records ( 4 )
Births and baptisms, 1822-1836
Author: Independent Church. Home Missionary Chapel (Pembridge, England)

Bishop’s transcripts for Pembridge, 1660-1849
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pembridge (Herefordshire)

Non-parochial (Nonconformist) register from the Pembridge Independent (Congregational) Chapel in the parish of Pembridge, Herefordshire, England, of the Home Missionary Society, Baptisms, 1820-1837
Author: Congregational Church (Pembridge, England); Mount, Ira W. (Ira William)

Parish registers for Pembridge, 1564-1960
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pembridge (Herefordshire)

England, Herefordshire, Pembridge – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Pembridge, Hereford, England (Independent, Home Missionary Chapel) ; christenings, 1822-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Herefordshire, Pembridge – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for the parish of Pembridge, 1776-1830
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Herefordshire)

Bankrupts

Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.

Bush James, Pembridge, Herefordshire, glazier and innkeeper, April 6, 1827.

Administration

  • County: Herefordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Presteigne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Leominster
  • Poor Law Union: Kington
  • Hundred: Stretford
  • Province: Canterbury