Upper Sapey, Herefordshire - Post Office Directory, 1863

Extract from Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863

UPPER SAPEY.

UPPER SAPEY is a scattered parish, 6½ miles north from Bromyard (its post town), and 8 east from Tenbury, in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union and county court district, Frome deanery, and Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric; it is situated on Sapey Brook, and on the Hereford and Stourport turnpike road. The church of St. Michael is an old stone building, in the Norman style, with small square tower and 2 bells; the interior consists of nave, chancel, font, and porch. The living is a rectory, value £258 yearly, with residence, and 46 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, Bart.; the Rev. Philip Onslow, M.A., is the rector. There is an Endowed school of £10 10s. per annum. The population in 1861 was 357; the acreage is 2,190. The soil is clayey and loamy. Edmund Higginson, Esq.; Thomas Newman, Esq.; and Sir T. E. Winnington, Bart., are the chief landowners. There are charities of £21 yearly value.

CHURCH HOUSE, High House, Kintal, Dudshill, Yearstone, Adam's Wood, Waters, Brook, Crieftains, and Lea are places here.

Parish Clerk, William Watkins.

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UPPER SAPEY.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

COMMERCIAL.

Letters through Bromyard, which is the nearest money order office

Endowed School, Miss Ann Tombs, mistress

[Transcribed by Barbara E. Haner in December 2004
from a personal copy of Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863]