Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for EYE

EYE, a township and a parish in Leominster district, Hereford. The township is conjoined with Moreton and Ashton; lies adjacent to the Leominster canal and the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway, 3½ miles N of Leominster; and has a station, jointly with Berrington, on the railway. Real property, £4, 357. Pop., 302. Houses, 61. The parish contains also the township of Luston; and its post town is Yarpole, under Leominster. Acres, 4, 307. Real property, £9, 257. Pop., 733. Houses, 166. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £317.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is ancient, and was recently in a dilapidated state. Charities, £19.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Eye CP/AP       Leominster RegD/PLU       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Eye

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