Little Dewchurch Herefordshire Family History Guide

Little Dewchurch an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Herefordshire created in 1862 from Hentland Ecclesiastical Parish.

Little Dewchurch 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.

Little Dewchurch Herefordshire Baptisms 1660-1875

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Little Dewchurch Herefordshire Marriages 1662-1841

Little Dewchurch, St David Herefordshire Marriages 1662-1836

Death and Burial Records

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

Little Dewchurch Herefordshire Burials 1660-1839

Little Dewchurch Parish Records

An index of parish records of people from Little Dewchurch. The index includes information from Cheltenham Settlement Examinations, 1815-1826.

Cheltenham Settlement Examinations, 1815-1826

The following have been extracted from Cheltenham Settlement Examinations, 1815-1826, edited by Irvine Gray.

2 January 1821. William Davis
Born at Little Dewchurch, Herefs. About 6 or 7 years ago rented a house of Mr. Parker in Sherborne Street by the year at the rent of 10 guineas, and lived there half a year, (signs)

Parish History

Little Dewchurch The Parliamentary Gazetteer of England and Wales 1851

Dewchurch (Little), a parish in the hund. of Wormelow, union and county of Hereford; 5½ miles south by east of Hereford, west of the river Wye, and near one of its branches. Living, a curacy, not in charge, subordinate to the vicarage of Lugwardine. Acres 1,640. Houses 60. A. P. £1,662. Pop , in 1801. 299; in 1831, 573. Poor rates, in 1837, £84.

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

Little Dewchurch A Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

Little Dewchurch (St. David), a parish, in the Upper division of the hundred of Wormelow, union and county of Hereford, 6 miles (S. by E.) from Hereford; containing 330 inhabitants. The road from Hereford to Ross crosses the parish, which consists of 1652 acres of a highly rich and productive soil. The living is annexed with those of Hentland, Llangarran, and St. Weonard’s, to the vicarage of Lugwardine: the tithes have been commuted for £286, of which the Dean and Chapter of Hereford are entitled to £117, the vicar to £90, the rector of Lanwarne to £24, and another impropriator to £55.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

Historical Directories

Little Dewchurch Cassey Directory of Herefordshire 1858

Dewchurch, (Little), is a parish and straggling village, in Wormelow Hundred, Hereford Union, archdeaconry and bishopric, and deanery of Irchenfield, distant 2 miles south-west from Holme Lacy station, on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester line of railway, 6 south-south-east from Hereford, and 7 ½ north-north-west from Ross being situate on the high road leading from Hereford to Ross, by Hoarwithy. The church, a neat stone building, consists of a nave and chancel, with a square castellated tower having three bells. This edifice is small, affording accommodation for about 60 persons.

The living, a perpetual curacy, without residence, is in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford, united with the adjoining parish of Hartland; the Rev. William Poole, M.A., is the incumbent, and the Rev. Samuel Sheene, M.A., is the curate. Here is a Dame school for boys and girls. The acreage of this township is 1,663, and the population 276; and the rateable value £1,704. The soil is clay and loam, the subsoil soft rock.

Sir Hungerford Hoskyns of Harewood House, is lord of the manor; and the Governors of Guy’s Hospital, and Richard Garrold, Esq., of Brampton Abbotts, are the chief landed proprietors. In this parish there formerly existed a nunnery, on the site of which cottages have been built.

Letters through Hoarwithy. The nearest money order office is Hereford.

Miscellaneous
Andrews George, tailor
Clayfield Thomas, shopkeeper, the Friars
James Benjamin, miller, Prethethar mill
Jeffreys John, Blacksmith
Jones John, shoemaker
Miles Jacob, shoemaker
Moxley J., shoemaker
Oliver Mr., Lower Coombe
Powell William, mason
Preece Philip, beer retailer, Alt Bough
Thomas Thomas, Plough Inn

Farmers
Bennett John, Alt Bough
Cooper Jacob, Catson
Davies George, Mount Boon
Davies Richard, Prethethar
Garrold Thomas Dew, Morastone
Hartland Sarah, Broadway lands
Hartland Thomas, Upper Witherstone
Hodges John, Dewchurch court
Imms William, Knapp green
Powell Thomas, Sunny bank
Seal Thomas
Webb Edward Jones, Altwent

Source: Edward Cassey & Co.: History, Topography, and Directory of Herefordshire. Printed by William Bailey, 107, Fishergate 1858.