Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARSTOW

MARSTOW, a parish in Ross district, Hereford; on an affluent of the river Wye, 2½ miles N of the boundary with Gloucester, and 4¾ SW of Ross r. station. Post town, Ross. Acres, 809. Real property, £2,052. Pop., 142. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Pencoyd, in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £269. Patron, the Vicar of Sellack. The church is ancient but good, and has a small tower. The churchyard is subject to inundation by the river.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Marstow Ch/CP       Ross RegD/PLU       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Marstow

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