Aston Ingham, Herefordshire Family History Guide
Aston Ingham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin: 1633
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Parishes adjacent to Aston Ingham
Historical Descriptions
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ASTON-INGHAM, a parish in the district of Newent and county of Hereford; on the verge of the county, 2½ miles N by E of Mitcheldean-Road r. station, and 5¾ E of Ross. Post Town, Linton under Ross. Acres, 2,378. Real property, £3,698. Pop., 568. Houses, 123. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £350. Patron, the Rev. H. T. Whatley. The church is old. Charities, £10.
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
Aston-Ingham, 5 m. E. Ross. P. 621
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ASTON-INGHAM, a parish, in the union of Newent, hundred of Greytree, county of Hereford, 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from Newent; containing 621 inhabitants. This parish comprises 1944 acres, of which about 100 are common or waste; it is bounded on the east and south by a portion of the county of Gloucester, and is intersected by the road from Newent to Mitchel Dean. The surface exhibits considerable undulations, and numerous patches of woodland; the soil is of average productiveness. There are some quarries of limestone, and also of stone for building. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £7. 7. 1.; patron, the Rev. Henry Lawson Whatley, the present incumbent. The tithes have been commuted for £350, and there are about 100 acres of glebe, and a good house.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Directories
Aston Ingham Kellys Herefordshire Directory 1863
Aston Ingham is a parish and village, 5 miles east from Ross railway station, 2 from Micheldean-road station, 13 from Gloucester, and 130 from London, in Greytree hundred, Newent county court district and union, Ross petty sessional division, rural deanery of Archenfield and Ross, and Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric; it is situated on the borders of Gloucestershire, 2 miles north of the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester railway. The church is an old stone building, coloured white, very plain style, and in pretty good repair, and has nave, porch, chancel, font, and tower with 4 bells. The living is a rectory, worth £350 yearly, with residence and 104 acres of glebe land: the Rev. Henry L. Whatley, B.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, is the incumbent and patron. There is a National and Free school for boys and girls, endowed with £10, and a house and garden left by the Rev. C. Stock, payable out of the Great Woodends estate, in the parish of Linton; also a meadow called Stockings, in the parish of Newent, rented at £7 per annum, for the adorning of the church.
May Hill is an object of curiosity; on the top is a clump of fir trees, which has a very singular appearance when seen from a distance, from the otherwise barren appearance of the hill; it is a mariner’s landmark for the Irish Sea and Bristol Channel. The population in 1861 was 508; the acreage Is 2.378. The soil is red sandy loam; the subsoil is rock and red brick earth. Capt. K. M. Power is lord of the manor; and Capt. Power, Rev. Henry Lawson Whatley, J. Garrold, Esq., and Thomas Howell, Esq., and several others, are chief landowners. The late Richard Garrold, Esq., left £100 in the Three per Cents, the interest to be laid out in bread for the poor, to be distributed on Candlemas day by the rector and churchwardens.
Aston Cruse is distant 1 mile west.
Pariah Clerk, Thomas Aubury.
Edwards Miss Ann, Hill house
Holder Mr. Sampson, Aston court
Perkins Mr. Thomas, The Oaks
Taylor Mr. John
Whatley Rev. Henry Lawson, B.A., J.P.
COMMERCIAL.
Abrahall George, timber dealer
Abrahall John, farmer
Ambury Joseph, farmer
Baker James, blacksmith
Baker William, wheelwright
Baldwin Willin, shoemaker
Davis John, carpenter
Davis Thomas, farmer
Green Elisha, farmer, Lower Crocketts
Hale Reuben, tailor, May hill
Hodges Thomas, farmer, Old Oaks farm
Jackson Samuel, farmer, Oatfleld
Lewis William, Crown inn, & carpenter
Little Enoch, White Hart
Little Thomas, farmer & miller
Lodge John, farmer, Knight’s hill
Loveridge William, farmer
Miles Thomas, blacksmith
Nelms Joseph, farmer, Upper BarreII
Palmer Phillip, carpenter
Penner Charles, farmer, Luxtree
Perkins George, farmer
Price John, farmer, Gortsley
Randell Geo. boot & shoe maker, May hill
Scuddamore Richard, farmer
Smith Joshua, farmer, Perry’s farm
Surman William, miller
Tranter Benjamin, farmer
Walters Phillip, fanner, New house
Whittaker George, farmer, May hill
Yem Charles, farmer, Hill farm
Young Edward, nail maker
Letters are received from Ross at 11 a.m. Ross is the nearest money order office
National School, Mrs. Jackson, mistress
Source: Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, Printed and Published by Kelly and Co., Old Boswell Court, St. Clement’s, Strand, London. 1863.
Aston Ingham Cassey Directory of Herefordshire 1858Â
Aston Ingham is a parish and village, 5 miles east from Ross railway station, 13 from Gloucester, and 130 from London, in Greytree Hundred, Ross county court district and petty sessional division, Newent Union, Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric; it is situated on the borders of Gloucestershire, 2 miles north of the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester railway, and close by the celebrated May Hill, known as the mariner’s landmark in the Irish Sea and British Channel. The church is an old stone building, colored white, very plain style, and pretty good repair; has nave, porch, chancel, font, tower, and 4 bells. The living is a rectory, worth £350 yearly, with residence; the Rev. Henry L. Whatley, M.A., is the incumbent. There is a National and Free school for boys and girls, endowed with £10. May Hill is an object of curiosity; on the top is a clump of fir trees, which has a very singular appearance when seen from a distance, from the otherwise barren appearance of the hill. The population, in 1851, was 636, and the acreage is 2,378. The soil red sandy loam; the subsoil is rock and red brick earth. Captain K. M. Power, is lord of the manor; and Captain Power, Mr. Edwards, and several others, are chief landowners. There are charities of £17 yearly value, left by the Rev. Christopher Stock, rector of this parish, in 1662; £10 to the school, and £7 to repairs, payable out of the Great Woodends estate, in the parish of Linton.
Aston Cruse is 1 mile distant west.
Colridge was occupied by the Romans.
Letters are received through Gloucester, and delivered by George James, the postmaster at Lea. Ross is the nearest money order office.
Miscellaneous
Aubury Thomas, parish clerk
Baker James, blacksmith
Baker Wm., wheelwright and carpenter
Baldwin Wm., shoemaker
Cole James, White Hart Inn
Davis John, carpenter
Hale Reuben, tailor, May hill
Lewis William, Crown Inn
Lewis William, wheelwright and carpenter
Little Charles, shoemaker
Miles Thomas, blacksmith
Pendlengham William, carpenter
Randell George, boot and shoe maker, Mill hill
Ruck George, blacksmith, Luxtree
Tranter Benjamin, brickmaker, Gortsley
Young Edward, nail maker
Whatley Rev. H. L.
Farmers
Abrahall John
Ambury Joseph
Benbow George, (and miller)
Davis Thomas
Gardner John, Old Oaks farm
Garrold J., (& surveyor of roads) Knightshill
Green Elisha, Lower Crocketts
Hanbury Joseph, Yattleton
Hodges Thomas
Holder Sampson
Jackson John, Oatfield
Little Thomas, (and miller)
Nelms Joseph, Upper Barrell
Nelms William
Penner Charles, Upper Coldridge
Perkins George
Phelps Joseph, Hill farm
Price John, Gortsley
Roberts William
Scuddamore Richard
Smith James, New house
Taylor John
Walters Charles
Walters Philip, Withy Moor
Walters Philip, junr.
Whittaker George, May hill
Source: Edward Cassey & Co.: History, Topography, and Directory of Herefordshire. Printed by William Bailey, 107, Fishergate 1858.
Aston Ingham Through Time
Administration and Boundary Changes
Administration
- County: Herefordshire
- Civil Registration District: Newent
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Ross
- Poor Law Union: Ross
- Hundred: Greytree
- Province: Canterbury