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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitchurch like this:
WHITCHURCH, a parish, with a village, in the district of Monmouth and county of Hereford; on the river Wye, 5 miles NE of Monmouth r. station. It has a post-office‡ under Monmouth. Acres, 1,956. Real property, £4,525. Pop., 857. Houses, 201. The property is much subdivided. The scenery is very fine. ...
Limestone is quarried, and its hæmatite veins of iron-stone are of much value. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £290.* Patron, W. Dry, Esq. The church is early English. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, a small lunatic asylum, and charities £15.
Whitchurch is now part of HEREFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HEREFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitchurch itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitchurch in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4100
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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