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Knill, Extract from E.C. Lascelles Directory of Herefordshire, 1851
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Extract from E.C. Lascelles Directory of Herefordshire, 1851
Transcription by Richard Lane © 2002KNILL.
KNILL, a parish about four miles from Presteign, with about seventy inhabitants, near the turnpike road for New Radnor, is delightfully situated in a beautiful valley, with the handsome mansion, Knill Court, the seat of Sir John Walsh, Bart., M.P.
The neat and ancient CHURCH, with spire, is situated near the mansion. The living is in the gift of Sir John Walsh, Bart. Service is performed once on every Sunday, viz., 11 a.m. one Sunday, and 3 p.m. the next; Winter, 2.30 p.m. The Rev. John Jenkins, M.A., Minister; Thomas Craven, Clerk and Sexton.
GENTRY, TRADES, FARMERS, ETC. Walsh Sir John, Bart., M.P., Knill Court Edwards Evan, carpenter and joiner Harper Ann, farmer and lime burner, Woodside Edwards Mary, Day School Lewis William, boot and shoe maker Hamer Henry, Farmer Watkins Edward, Parish Constable
[Transcribed by Richard Lane in November 2002
from a copy of Lascelles Directory of Herefordshire, 1851 in Hereford Central Library]