In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitbourne like this:
WHITBOURNE, a parish in Bromyard district, Hereford; on the river Teme, 5 miles ENE of Bromyard, and 6 WNW of Bransford-Road r. station. Post town, Worcester. Acres, 3,056. Real property, £5,058. Pop., 891. Houses, 177. The property is subdivided. W. Court was once a palace of the Bishops of Hereford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £533.* Patron, the Bishop of H. The church was restored in 1865. Charities, £16.
Whitbourne through time
Whitbourne is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitbourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitbourne in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5234
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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