Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MORETON-UPON-LUGG

MORETON-UPON-LUGG, a village and a parish in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands on the river Lug, adjacent to the Shrewsbury and the Hereford railway, 4 ¼ miles N of Hereford; and has a station on the railway. The parish comprises 885 acres. Post town, Hereford. Real property, £1,480. Pop., 77. Houses, 12. The property belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £212.* Patron, the Prebendary of Moreton-Magna. The church is ancient, and has a tower.


(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: Herefordshire AncC
Place: Moreton on Lugg

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