Monnington on Wye Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Monnington on Wye an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Alternative names: Monnington upon Wye

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1684
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Monnington on Wye 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.

Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire Baptisms 1635-1846

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Monnington on Wye, Herefordshire Marriages 1660-1825

Monnington on Wye, St Mary, Herefordshire Marriages 1660-1825

Death and Burial Records

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

Monnington, Herefordshire Burials 1813-1834

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MONNINGTON-UPON-WYE, a parish in Weobly district, Hereford; on the river Wye, 3 miles SSW of Moorhampton r. station, and 5¾ SSW of Weobly. Post-town, Bishopstone, under Hereford. Acres, 1,011. Real property, £1,355. Pop., 102. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few.

The manor belonged once to a son-in-law of Owen Glendower, and belongs now to Sir V. Cornewall, Bart. Monnington Court is supposed to have been the death-place of Owen Glendower, and is now a farm-house. There is a long avenue called Monnington Walk. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £205. Patron, Sir V. Cornewall, Bart. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower.

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

Historical Directories

Monnington Herefordshire 1914

Monnington

Inns Jas., farmer, The Court.
Pantall Wm., sen., farmer, Monnington house.
Woodroffe Rev. J. N. b., Rectory.

Source: The Hereford Journal Directory 1914. Second Issue. Hereford: The Herefordshire Press & Printing Co., Ltd., Offa House.

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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