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MONNINGTON-UPON-WYE, a parish in Weobly district, Hereford; on the river Wye, 3 miles SSW of Moorhampton r. station, and 5¾ SSW of Weobly. Posttown, Bishopstone, under Hereford. Acres, 1,011. Real property, £1,355. Pop., 1 02. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged once to a son-in-law of Owen Glendower, and belongs now to Sir V. Cornewall, Bart. Monnington Court is supposed to have been the death-place of Owen Glendower, and is now a farm-house. There is a long avenue called Monnington Walk. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £205.* Patron, Sir V. Cornewall, Bart. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Monnington on Wye AP/CP Weobley RegD/PLU Herefordshire AncC |
Place: | Monnington on Wye |
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