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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Limebrook like this:
LIMEBROOK, a township in Wigmore parish, Hereford; near the river Lug, 4¼ miles ENE of Presteign. Pop., 178. An Augustinian nunnery was founded here, in the time of Richard I., by the Mortimers; and was given, at the dissolution, to John West and Robert Gratwick.
Limebrook is now part of HEREFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HEREFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Limebrook itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Limebrook in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25050
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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