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CLODOCK, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands on the river Munnow, under the Black Mountains, 4½ miles W of Pontrilas r. station, and 15 SW of Hereford. The parish includes the chapelries of Longtown, Llanveynoe, Crasswall, and Newton; and its post town is Pontrilas, under Hereford. Acres, 17, 833. Real property, £10, 704. Pop., 1, 794. Houses, 372. The property is much subdivided. An old castle and a camp are here, on the line of Watling-street. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £222.* Patron, W. Wilkins, Esq. The church is early English, with a tower, and good. The p. curacies of-Longtown, Llanveynoe, Crasswall, and Newton are separate benefices. Charities, £40.The sub-district contains seven parishes. Acres, 28, 404. Pop., 2, 864. Houses, 578.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Clodock AP Clodock SubD Herefordshire AncC |
Place: | Clodock |
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