Pudlestone, Herefordshire Family History Guide
Pudleston with Whyle is an Ancient Parish in the county of Herefordshire.
Other places in the parish include: Brockmanton, Whyle, and While.
Alternative names: Puddlestone, Pudleston with Whyle, Puddlestone with While, Pudleston
Parish church: St. Peter
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1566
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1660
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist
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Pudleston
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PUDDLESTONE, a parish in Leominster district, Hereford; adjacent to Worcestershire, 4½ miles E of Leominster r. station. It includes the quondam parish of While, and contains the township of Brockmanton. Post-town, Leominster. Acres, 1,743. Real property, 2,220. Pop., 349. Houses, 74. The property is much subdivided. The manor, with P. House, belongs to E. Chadwick, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £276. Patron, E. Chadwick, Esq. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Puddlestone with While, 6 miles E. Leominster. P. 277.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
PUDDLESTONE (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Leominster, hundred of Wolphy, county of Hereford, 5¾ miles (E. by N.) from Leominster; containing, with the township of Brockmanton, 277 inhabitants. It is situated on the borders of Worcestershire, and comprises 1706 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, with the living of While (which, according to tradition, was formerly a distinct parish), valued in the king’s books at £7. 17. 8½.; net income, £276; patron, E. Chadwick, Esq.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Brockmanton
Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850
Brockmanton, included in Puddlestone parish.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.
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Administration
- County: Herefordshire
- Civil Registration District: Leominster
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Hereford (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Hereford
- Rural Deanery: Leominster
- Poor Law Union: Leominster
- Hundred: Wolphy
- Province: Canterbury