Canon Pyon, Herefordshire Family History Guide
Canon Pyon is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.
Alternative names: Canon Pion
Parish church: St Lawrence
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1707
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662
Nonconformists include:
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Parishes adjacent to Canon Pyon
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CANON-PYON, a parish in Weobly district, Hereford; 4 miles SE of Weobly, and 4½ WNW of Moreton r. station. It has a post office under Hereford. Acres, 3,706. Real property, £5,630. Pop., 768. Houses, 172. The property is much subdivided. Canon-Pyon House is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, not reported. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford. The church is early English, in tolerable condition; and has a large old font and a screen.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Canon-Pion, 8 m. N.W. Hereford. P. 681
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
Bankrupts
Below is a list of people that were declared bankrupt between 1820 and 1843 extracted from The Bankrupt Directory; George Elwick; London; Simpkin, Marshall and Co.; 1843.
Turberville John, Canon Pion, Herefordshire, timber dealer, Jan. 24, 1824.
Directories
Canon Pyon Herefordshire 1914
Canon Pyon
Baugh Jas., grocer, etc., Westhope.
Brierley Geo. M., Pyon house.
Bulmer Rev. Geo. Fredk., M.A., The Vicarage.
Clark Thos. Colebatch, Badnage ct.
Cooke Wm. H. A., Derndale house.
Davies Jas., farmer, The Parks.
Davies Wm. John, farmer, Snire Glatt.
Derry Jas. Chas., schoolmaster, School house.
Evans David John, licsd. vict., Plough inn.
Forsbrook Mrs. H., shopkeeper and carrier, Bush Bank stores.
Griffiths Thos. Hy., farmer, Fullbridge.
Hamer the Misses, The Mill, Kinford (Wellington).
James W. H., farmer, Nupton.
Kinch Fredk., White house.
Kitchen Wm., farmer, Oak farm.
Lewis Geo., farmer, Brick house.
Lewis Hy., farmer, Lawton’s Hope.
Patrick Frank, postmaster, builder, etc., Post office.
Patrick Geo. Sandford, licd. vict., grocer, baker, and farmer, Nag’s Head inn.
Phillips Mrs., farmer, Upper Derdale.
Preece John, farmer, Little Derndale.
Rogers Arthur John, farmer, Nupton hill.
Southall Jas., farmer, Court farm.
Southall Geo., wheelwright, etc., The Parks.
Steele John (John Steele & Son), agricultural implement maker & blacksmith, Perseverance place.
Thomas Chas., farmer, Greater Nupton.
Thomas David Wm. Bowyer, Great house.
Vaughan Herbt., assist. overseer and registrar of births & deaths, etc., Upper house (Westhope).
Vaughan Jos. C., farmer, Lower house, Westhope.
Yeomans Herbert Hy., farmer, The Crown farm.
Yeomans John Herbert, farmer, Lower Derndale.
Yeomans Wm. Herbert, farmer, Kinford (Wellington).
Source: The Hereford Journal Directory 1914. Second Issue. Hereford: The Herefordshire Press & Printing Co., Ltd., Offa House.
Parish Records
Herefordshire Archives & Family History Groups
Herefordshire Family History Society
Forest of Dean Family History Trust
Herefordshire
England, Herefordshire Bishop’s Transcripts, 1583-1898
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Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
England Marriages, 1538–1973
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Administration
- County: Herefordshire
- Civil Registration District: Weobley
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Dean of Hereford
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Hereford
- Poor Law Union: Weobley
- Hundred: Grimsworth
- Province: Canterbury