Huntington (near Kington), Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Huntington a Chapelry in Kington Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Parish church: St Thomas of Canterbury

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1754; see also Kington
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include: Independent

Adjacent Parishes

Huntington 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.

Huntington Herefordshire Baptisms 1632-1846

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Huntington Near Kington, Herefordshire Marriages 1754-1837

Huntington (Kington), St Thomas of Canterbury, Herefordshire Marriages 1661-1837

Death and Burial Records

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

Huntington [Nr Kington], Herefordshire Burials 1813-1836

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HUNTINGTON, a parish and a hundred in Herefordshire. The parish lies on the river Arrow, adjacent to Radnorshire, 4 miles SW of Kington r. station; is in Presteigne district; and has fairs on 18 July and 13 Nov. Post town, Kington. Acres, 1,937. Real property, £2,227. Pop., 260. Houses, 50. The property is divided among three.

Ruins exist of an ancient castle, built for the defence of the marches. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Kington, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is modern, and has a wooden bell turret. There are an Independent chapel and a free school, the latter with £118 a year from endowment. The hundred contains also seven other parishes. Acres, 27,909. Pop., 6,028. Houses, 1,255.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

HUNTINGTON, a parish, in the union of Kington, hundred of Huntington, county of Hereford, 4½ miles (W. S. W.) from Kington; containing 262 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the river Arrow, and situated on the borders of Wales, comprising by computation 2120 acres; the pastures are luxuriantly rich, and the dairy-farms under excellent management. Fairs for horses, sheep, and cattle, are held on the 18th of July and 13th of November.

The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Kington. The church is an ancient structure, said to have been built with the materials of an adjoining castle, formerly a place of great strength, the baronial residence of the Bohuns. There is a place of worship for Independents. A school was endowed in 1791, by Edward Goff, Esq., with five small tenements and £1000 in money: the income is £118.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Historical Maps

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Administration

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