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.
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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