Peterstow Herefordshire Family History Guide

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Peterstow an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660

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Adjacent Parishes

Peterstow 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.

Peterstow, Herefordshire Baptisms 1538-1892

Marriage and Banns Records

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

Peterstow, Herefordshire Marriages 1538-1862

Peterstow, St Peter, Herefordshire Marriages 1538-1837

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PETERSTOW, a parish in Ross district, Hereford; 2½ miles W by N of Ross r. station. Post-town, Ross. Acres, 1,544. Real property, £3,033. Pop., 276. Houses, 56. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Guy’s Hospital. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £290. Patron, Mr. Poynder. The church is very ancient but good, and has a small tower. There are a free school and charities £8.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

PETERSTOW (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Ross, Lower division of the hundred of Wormelow, county of Hereford, 3 miles (W. by N.) from Ross; containing 255 inhabitants. The parish is intersected by the road from Ross to Hereford, and comprises 1530 acres, of which 30 are common or waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £7. 10. 10., and in the gift of Guy’s Hospital, London: the tithes have been commuted for £403; the glebe comprises 18 acres. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

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