Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRIMFIELD

BRIMFIELD, a village and a parish in the district of Tenbury and county of Hereford. The village stands near the river Teme and the Leominster canal, 1¾ mile E of Wooferton r. station and 5 S by E of Ludlow; and has a post office under Ludlow.—The parish includes also the hamlet of Wyson. Acres, 1,842. Real property, £3,681. Pop., 665. Houses, 131. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £160.* Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is a plain good edifice, with neat modern tower; and there is a dissenting chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Brimfield Parish       Herefordshire Ancient County
Place: Brimfield

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