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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rotherwas like this:
ROTHERAS, or Rotherwas, a quondam chapelry in Dinedor parish, Herefordshire; on the river Wye, 2 miles E S E of Hereford. Its church became part of afarm's buildings. R. House belonged, in the time of James I., to Sir Roger Bodenham; is said to have thengiven lodging for a night to the king; and belongs now toT. Bodenham, Esq.
Rotherwas is now part of HEREFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HEREFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rotherwas itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rotherwas in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25052
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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