Hope Mansell, Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Hope Mansell an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Alternative names: Hope Mansel

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1556
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Hope Mansell Parish Registers

Search online indexed transcriptions of baptisms, marriages and burials. Taken from the original parish registers, these entries may include names, dates, family relationships, residences, occupations and other details noted by the minister, with earlier records naturally offering fewer details.

Baptism Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of baptisms.

Hope Mansell Herefordshire Baptisms 1515-1885

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of marriages.

Hope Mansel, Herefordshire Marriages 1602-1837

Hope Mansel, St Michael, Herefordshire Marriages 1602-1837

Death and Burial Records

These records include indexed transcriptions of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burials.

Hope Mansell, Herefordshire Burials 1814-1839

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HOPE-MANSELL, a village and a parish in Ross district, Hereford. The village stands in a valley engirt with wooded hills, adjacent to Dean forest in Gloucestershire, 3 miles W of Mitcheldean-Road r. station, and 4½ SSE of Ross; and has a post office under Gloucester. The parish comprises 1,173 acres. Real property, £2,040. Pop., 205. Houses, 40. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £240. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient but good, and has a small bell turret.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Hope-Mansell, a parish in Greytree hund., union of Ross, Herefordshire; 3½ miles south-east by south of Ross. Living, a rectory in the archd. and dio. of Hereford; rated at £6 5s., and returned at £119; gross income £205, Tithes commuted in 1839; aggregate amount £187 6s. 2d. rectorial. Acres 1,190. Houses 29. A. P. £923. Pop., in 1801, 92; in 1831, 141. Poor rates, in 1838, £47 3s.

Source: The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales; A Fullarton & Co. Glasgow; 1851.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HOPE-MANSELL (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Ross, hundred of Greytree, county of Hereford, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Ross; containing 187 inhabitants. It lies in the southern part of the county, on the borders of Gloucestershire, which bounds it on the north-east and south-east; and consists of 1168 acres of a productive soil. Limestone abounds. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £6. 5., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes produce £194, and the glebe contains 33½ acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

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Administration

  • County: Herefordshire
  • Civil Registration District: Ross
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Hereford
  • Rural Deanery: Ross
  • Poor Law Union: Ross
  • Hundred: Greytree
  • Province: Canterbury