Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for UPTON-BISHOP

UPTON-BISHOP, a parish in Ross district, Hereford; 3¾ miles NE by E of Ross r. station. Post town, Ross. Acres, 3,391. Real property, £5,632. Pop. 716. Houses, 137. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £500.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of H. The church is tolerable. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a slightly endowed school, and charities £10.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Upton Bishop Parish       Ross Poor Law Union/Registration District       Herefordshire Ancient County
Place: Upton Bishop

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