Stretford Herefordshire Family History Guide
Status: Ancient Parish
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1720
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660
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Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STRETFORD, a parish and a hundred in Hereford. The parish lies 4¾ miles SW of Leominster r. station, and is in Weobly district. Post town, Leominster. Acres, 424. Real property, £698. Pop., 50. Houses, 9. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £94. Patron, A. H. Wall, Esq.-The hundred contains 13 parishes, and 3 parts. Acres, 45,299. Pop., 9,079. Houses, 1,962.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
STRETFORD (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Weobley, hundred of Stretford, county of Hereford, 4 miles (S. W. by W.) from Leominster; containing 35 inhabitants. The parish comprises 424a. 3r. 18p.: the road from Leominster to Weobley runs through it from east to west, and that from Wigmore to Hereford from north to south. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6.19. 8., and in the gift of T. Dunne, and E. Evans, Esqrs.: the tithes have been commuted for £94. 14., and the glebe comprises 15 acres.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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