Orcop, Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Orcop is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin: 1672

Nonconformists include: Particular Baptist and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Orcop 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.

Orcop, Herefordshire Baptisms 1661-1863

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Orcop, Herefordshire Marriages 1667-1881

Orcop, St Mary, Herefordshire Marriages 1667-1837

Death and Burial Records

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

Orcop, Herefordshire Burials 1813-1839

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ORCOP, a village and a parish in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands on an affluent of the river Wye, 3¼ miles N W of the river Monnow, at the boundary with Monmouth, 3¾ SE of St. Devereux r. station, and 8½ W by N of Ross; and is a scattered place. The parish comprises 2,403 acres; and its post town is St. Weonards, under Ross. Real property, £1,900. Pop., 583. Houses, 147.

The manor belongs to G. Symons, Esq. The living is a donative in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £31. Patron, the Rev. A. Gray. The church shows peculiar and interesting features; was partly restored, partly rebuilt, in 1861; has a massive, richly moulded, oaken roof; has also a unique, three-staged, heavy, oaken tower, reconstructed after the model of a previous old tower; and contains a new carved stone pulpit. Charities, £7.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ORCOP (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Dore, Upper division of the hundred of Wormelow, county of Hereford, 9½ miles (W. N. W.) from Ross; containing 570 inhabitants. The parish is considerably elevated, and consists of 2371 acres. Limestone is obtained. The living is a donative curacy, in the patronage of William Palmer, Esq. (the impropriator), with a net income of £31: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £220.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Historical Maps

British National Grid Ref: SO 47388 26267
BNG Eastings, Northings: 347388, 226267
Latitude, Longitude: 51.932411, -2.766608

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Administration

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