In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Town like this:

WEST TOWN, a village in Kingsland parish, Hereford; 4¼ miles NW of Leominster. Pop., 325.

West Town through time

West Town is now part of HEREFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HEREFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Town itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Town in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26507

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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