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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Huntsham like this:
HUNTSHAM, a village on the SE border of Herefordshire; at a ferry on the river Wye, 4¼ miles NE of Monmouth. Henry IV., in 1387, then Duke of Lancaster, heard here of the birth of his heir, afterwards Henry V., and, in gratitude to the man who rowed him across the Wye, gave him the right of a ferry here, -a right which continues to be held by the man's descendants.
Huntsham is now part of HEREFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HEREFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Huntsham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Huntsham in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25036
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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