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Herefordshire Census and County Genealogy Records

HEREFORDSHIRE, an inland County on the SE. border of Wales, and bounded N. by Shropshire and Worcestershire, E. by Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, S. by Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, and W. by Monmouthshire, Radnorshire, mid Brecknockshire; greatest length N. and S. 38 miles, greatest breadth E. and W. 35 miles; 532,918 acres, population 121,062. The Co. is almost circular in form, and its surface shows a series of quiet and beautiful undulations. It is watered by the Wye, Lugg, Monnow, Arrow, and Frome, also the Teme, which flows on the NE. boundary. All these streams are well stocked with fish. Of late agriculture has been greatly improved in the Co. the soil is peculiarly suitable for the growth of timber, which is very abundant. The pear and apple orchards of Herefordshire are famous; while the luxuriant meadow-land affords pasture for a well-known breed of oxen. Marl and clay form the chief part of the soil; the subsoil is mostly limestone. There are no valuable minerals, and the manufactures are insignificant." [Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]

 

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Herefordshire, England Census Records
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Hertforshire Parish & Probate Records

Herefordshire, England: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in England and Wales, from the 1500s to the 1800s.
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Herefordshire and Shropshire Directories, 1917
Herefordshire and Shropshire Directories, 1917.
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Herefordshire, England Ancestry Message Board

 

Herefordshire Civil Parish Index and Parish Census Record