In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eye like this:
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.
Eye through time
Eye is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eye itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eye in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5320
Date accessed: 04th May 2024
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