Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EARDISLAND

EARDISLAND, a parish in Weobly district, Hereford; on the river Arrow, near Watling-street and the Leominster and Kington railway, 2 miles E of Pembridge r. station, and 5 W of Leominster. It has a post office under Pembridge. Acres, 4, 455. Real property, £8, 210. Pop., 894. Houses, 201. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £198. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is old and plain, and was recently in dis-repair. Charities, £51.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Eardisland AP/CP       Weobley RegD/PLU       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Eardisland

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