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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wormsley like this:
WORMSLEY, a parish in Weobly district, Hereford; 2½ miles N by E of Bishop stone r. station, and 3 SE of Weobly. Post town, Weobly, Herefordshire. Acres, 1,233. Real property, £1,181. Pop., 121. Houses, 20. The manor belongs to Sir W. R. Boughton, Bart. An Augustinian priory was founded here by G. Talbot, in the time of King John. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, not reported. Patron, Sir W. R. Boughton, Bart. The church is tolerable.
Wormsley is now part of HEREFORDSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how HEREFORDSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wormsley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wormsley in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5235
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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