Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DORMINGTON

DORMINGTON, a village and a parish in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands near the river Frome, a short way SE of Withington r. station, and 5 miles E of Hereford. Pop., 77. Houses, 22. The parish includes also the chapelry of Bartestree; and its post town is Withington, under Hereford. Acres, 1, 381. Real property, £2, 046. Pop., 138. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. Dormington Court is the seat of W. Vevers, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Bartestree, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £284.* Patron, Lady E. Foley. The church is ancient, with a tower; and was recently in disrepair. Charities £5.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dormington CP/AP       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Dormington

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