Whitney Herefordshire Family History Guide

Status: Ancient Parish

Alternative names: Whitney-on-Wye

Parish church: St. Peter and St. Paul

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1740
Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Baptist

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Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHITNEY, a parish, with a village, in the district of Hay and county of Hereford; on the river Wye, and on the Hereford and Brecon railway, 4¾ miles NE of Hay. It has a post-office under Hereford, and a r. station. Acres, 1,483. Real property, £2,616. Pop., 260. Houses, 53. The manor, with W. Court, belongs to T. Dew, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £200. Patron, T. Dew, Esq. The church is good; and there is a Baptist chapel.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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Whitney Cassey Directory of Herefordshire 1858

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Administration

County: Herefordshire
Civil Registration District: Hay
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Hereford
Rural Deanery: Weobley
Poor Law Union: Hay
Hundred: Huntington
Province: Canterbury

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

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