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Acton Beauchamp
Actune: Urso from Bishop of Bayeux.
Isolated; church with Saxon remains.
Adforton
Alfertitune: Ralph de Mortimer.
Near Wigmore Abbey.
Adley
Adelestune / Edelactune: Earl Roger; Ralph de Mortimer.
Lost. Only Adley Manor and Common remain.
Ailey
Walelege: Gilbert FitzTurold, formerly Earl Harold. Fortified house.

Almeley
Elmelie: Roger de Lacy.
Castle mound; manor house. Possibly the birthplace of the Lollard martyr, Sir John Oldcastle (d.1417).
Amberley
Amburlege: Richard from Ansfrid de Cormeilles.
15th century Amberley Court.
Ashe Ingen
Ascis: King's land; Alfred of Marlborough.
Ashe Ingen Court.
Ashperton
Spertune: Brictwold the Priest from Ralph de Tosny; William FitzBaderon; Ralph from Durand of Gloucester; Madoc from the king.
Along the Roman road; park; site of a castle, once the seat of the Grandison family. The first Viscount Grandison (of Limerick) was created in 1623.
Ashton
Estune: Manor of Leominster formerly Queen Edith.
Earthworks.
Aston
Hesintune: Ralph de Mortimer.
Site of a castle.
Aston Ingham
Estune: Godfrey from Ansfrid de Cormeilles, formerly King Edward. Mill.
Church with rare lead font.
Avenbury
Aweneburn: Nigel the doctor. Mill.
Farm; ruined church.
Aymestry
Elmodestrou: Manor of Leominster; Ralph de Mortimer from the king, formerly Queen Edith.
On Roman road. At nearby Mortimer's Cross, Edward Duke of York defeated Owen Tudor to become Edward IV.

Bach
Becce:
Lost.
Bacton
Bachetune: Gilbert from Roger de Lacy.
Monument to Blache Parry, lady-in-waiting to Elizabeth I.
Bagbarrow
Bageberg:
Lost.
Bartestree
Bertoldestreu: Nigel the Doctor.
19th century convent.
Barton
Bertune: Hereford Church.
Lost in Hereford.
Barton (in Kington)
Beuretune: King's land, formerly Earl Harold.
On the outskirts of Kington.
Baysham
Baissan: William FitzNorman from the king.

Bickerton
Bicretune: Geoffrey from William FitzBaderon.
Bickerton Court Farm.
Birley
Burlei: Richard from Ralph de Mortimer; Godmund from Roger de Lacy.
Partly 14th century house.
Bishop's Frome
Frome: Hereford Church; Hugh from Roger de Lacy. 3 mills.

Bodenham
Bodeham: Herbert from Roger de Lacy; Osbern FitzRichard, the pre-Conquest holder. Mill.

Bollingham
Burardestune: King's land.

Bosbury
Boseberge: Hereford Church. Mill.
Medieval church, the burial place of the Victorian novelist Edna Lyall.
Bowley
Bolelei: Ralph from Nigel the Doctor.
Scattered.
Bradley
Bradelege:
Lost.
Brampton Abbotts
Bruntune: Gloucester Church; St. Guthlac's Church.
On the outskirts of Ross-on-Wye. The church was given to the Abbots of Gloucester in Norman times.
Brampton Bryan
Brantune: Ralph de Mortimer.
Ruined castle named after a 13th century knight, Bryan de Brampton.
Breadward
Brudeford: King's land.

Bredenbury
Bridenberie: Herman from Roger de Lacy.

Bredwardine
Brocheurdie: Alfred of Marlborough.
Remains of a castle.
Bridge Sollers
Bricge / Brigge: Hereford Church, formerly Earl Harold who held it wrongfully.
Traces of Offa's Dyke nearby.
Brierley
Bretlege: King's land, formerly Queen Edith.

Brimfield
Brome / Brumefeld: King's land, formerly Queen Edith; Ralph de Mortimer from the king.

Brinsop
Hope: Richard from Alfred of Marlborough.

Broadfield
Bradefelde: Manor of Leominster, the pre-Conquest holder; Ralph de Tosny from the king.
Lower Broadfield.
Broadward
Bradeford: William FitzNorman from the king; Stephen from William d'Ecouis. Mill, fishery (500 eels).
Hall.
Brobury
Brocheberie: Robert from Roger de Lacy.
Ancient camp on nearby Scar Hill.
Brockhampton
Caplefore: Hereford Church.
Morrisite church; ancient Capler Camp nearby.
Brockmanton
Brochementone: Roger de Lacy from the king. Hereford Church.
Hall.
Bromyard
Bromgerbe: Hereford Church.
Mill. Small market town. Charles I led his army through here in 1645.
Buckton
Buctone: Ralph de Mortimer.

Bullinghope
Boninhope: Roger de Lacy; Ansfrid de Cormeilles; Gilbert FitzTurold. 2 mills.

Bunshill
Bunesulle: Gruffydd of Maredudd.

Burghill
Burgelle: Alfred of Marlborough. Mill. 25 sticks of eels.

Burrington
Boritune: Ralph de Mortimer.
Hilltop; Victorian school.
Butterley
Buterlei: Urse d'Abetot from the king; Alwin from Roger de Lacy. Mill.
Court.
Byford
Buiford: Walter from Roger de Lacy. Mill.
Cotterell family church and Court; Garnon's hill, with traces of Offa's Dyke.
Byton
Boitune: Osbern FitzRichard.
Timber-framed, Tudor Combe Farm.

Canon Frome
Frome: Gerard from Roger de Lacy. Mill.
Georgian house.
Canon Pyon
Peune: Hereford Church. Mill.

Castle Frome
Brismerfrum: Roger de Lacy, formerly Earl Harold. Mill.
Castle remains.
Chadnor
Chabenore: Ralph de Tosny.
Now Lower Chadnor; Chadnor Court.
Chickward
Cicwrdine / Stituinguerdin: King's land; Hugh de Lasne.

Cholstrey
Cerlestreu: King's land.
Cholstrey Court.
Cleeve
Clive: King's land, formerly Earl Harold. Fishery. 10� sesters of honey.
Lost in Ross-on-Wye.
Clehonger
Cleunge: Ansfrid de Cormeilles, formerly Earl Harold; Ilbert FitzTurold. Mill.

Clifford Castle
Cliford: Ralph de Tosny; Roger de Lacy. Mill.
Ruined castle, the region's westernmost English fortress. It belonged first to the Clifford family and later to the Mortimers.
Cobhall
Cobewelle: Gerard from Roger de Lacy.
17th century house; 15th century hall.
Coddington
Cotingtune: Hereford Church, formerly held wrongfully by Earl Harold.

Coldborough
Calcheberge: Bernard from Durand of Gloucester.
Coldborough Park; Coldborough Park Farm.
Collington
Col(l)intune: Hereford Church, formerly held wrongfully by Earl Harold; Hugh from Roger de Lacy.
Large house; church.
Colwall
Colewelle: Hereford Church, formerly held wrongfully by Earl Harold. Mill.
Collection of villages surounded by an Iron-Age hill-fort; several barrows. Elizabeth Barrett Browning spent her childhood in Colwall.
Covenhope
Camehop: Ralph de Mortimer.

Cradley
Credelaie: Hereford Church, formerly held wrongfully by Earl Harold. Mill.
Church with Saxon remains.
Credenhill
Cradenhill / Credenhelle: Hereford Church; Hugh de Lasne.
Hereford suburb; RAF base; on a Roman road. Thomas Traherne, the poet, was vicar of the church, 1661-69.
Croft
Crofta: Bernard from William d'Ecouis.
Lost; a church, parts of a castle and an Iron Age settlement remain at Croft Ambrey.
Cuple
Chipelai:
Lost.
Cusop
Cheweshope: Roger de Lacy from the king.
Castle remains.

Didley
Dodelegie / lige: Hereford Church.

Dilwyn
Dilge / Dilven: William d'Ecouis and Ilbert from the king. William d'Ecouis.

Dinedor
Dunre: William and Ilbert from Ralph de Tosny. Mill.
On the outskirts of Hereford below Dinedor Hill, an Iron Age fort.
Donnington
Dunninctune: Hereford Church.
Church; farm; hall. A Roman kiln and building were found here in the 19th century.
Dormington
Dermentune: Walter from St. Guthlac's Church.
Below Backbury Hill, where Ethelbert is said to have camped in 794 before setting out for Offa's palace and his death.
Dorstone
Dodintune: Drogo FitzPoyntz, formerly Earl Harold.
Large; at the top of the Golden Valley; castle remains. Nearby are Arthur's Stone, a megalithic burial chamber, and Scotland Bank, where Charles I met the Scots in 1645.
Downton on the Rock
Duntune: Odilard from Ralph de Mortimer. Fishery.
18th century 'medieval' mansion of Richard Knight, MP for Hereford (1780-84), poet and archaeologist.

Eardisland
Lene: King's land. 2 mills. Wheat, barley.
Large; fine houses; mill; earthworks.
Eardisley
Herdeslege: King's land; Robert from Roger de Lacy; Hugh de Lasne. Fortified house.
Mill. The castle motte belonged to Roger de Lacy and was ruined in the Civil War.
Eastnor
Astenofre: Hereford Church. Part of a salthouse in Droitwich.
Ruins of Bronsil Castle; Iron Age fort nearby.
Eaton
Edtune: Alfred of Marlborough, formerly Earl Harold.
Near the hill of Eaton.
Eaton
Etone: Ralph de Tosny from the king.
Locality near Leominster.
Eaton Bishop
Etune: Hereford Church. Mill, market.
Large; on the outskirts of Hereford. A hill-fort nearby, probably Iron Age.
Edvin Loach
Edevent: Cormeilles Church; Osbern and William FitzRichard from the king; Herbert from Osbern FitzRichard.

Edwyn Ralph
Gedeuen: King's land, formerly Queen Edith; Urse d'Abetot from the king.
Deserted medieval moated homestead.
Elton
Elintune: Ralph de Mortimer.
Thomas Knight conducted fruit-raising experiments here in in the 19th century.
Evesbatch
Sbech: Odo from Roger de Lacy, formerly Earl Harold.
Farm house; tiny church.
Eyton
Ettone: William FitzNorman from the king.
Probably the brithplace of Richard Hakluyt, 16th century travel writer.

Felton
Feltone: St. Guthlac's Church.
Shakespeare plays are staged annually in the church.
Fencote
Fencote: Abbess of Fencote from the king.
Fencote Abbey.
Fernhill
Fernhalle:
Lost.
Ford
Forne: Ralph de Tosny from the king and Drogo from him.
Chapel.
Fownhope
Hope: Richard from Ansfrid de Cormeilles; Hugh de Lasne. 2 mills, 3 fisheries (300 eels). Church.
Now 2 villages, Fownhope and nearby Sollens Hope, each with a church; close to Iron Age camps.

Garway
Lagademar: Herman from the king.
Scattered; round church founded by the Knights Templars in the 12th century.
Gattertop
Gadredehope: Roger de Lacy from the king.

Grendon Bishop
Grenedene: William from Roger de Lacy.
Scattered; prehistoric camp.

Halmondsfrome
Nerefrum: Roger de Lacy, formerly Queen Edith. Mill (5 sticks of eels).
Scattered.
Hamnish
Hamenes: Drogo FitzPoyntz from the king.
Hamnish House.
Hampton
Hantone: Manor of Leominster; Roger de Lacy and Drogo FitzPoyntz from the king. Mill.
Part of Hope under Dinmore.
Hampton Bishop
Hantune: Hereford Church. 2� mills.

Hampton Wafre
Hantone: Roger de Lacy from the king.
Locality near Leominster.
Hanley's End
Hanlie:
Lost.
Harewood
Harewde:
Lost.
Hatfield
Hetfelde: Hugh de Lasne from the king; William d'Ecouis.

Hazle
Hasles: Hereford Church, formerly held wrongfully by Earl Harold. Mill.
Hazle Farm.
Heath
Hed: Gerard from Roger de Lacy.
Now Great Heath.
Hereford
Hereford: King's land; Hereford Church.
City. Roman and Saxon settlement; burial place of St. Ethelbert; meeting place of King Athelstan and the Welsh princes in 926. Harold Godwinson (King Harold) built a castle here, which has not survived. Norman cathedral with later additions.
Hergest
Hergest(h): King's land, formerly Earl Harold.
Now 2 hamlets, Upper and Lower Hergest. Hergest Court belonged to the Vaughan family, who owned the Red Book of Hergest containing the ancient Welsh Mabinogion stories.
Hinton
Hinetune: St. Guthlac's Church. Mill.
Farm.
Holme Lacy
Hamne: Hereford Church, formerly held wrongfully by Earl Harold. Church.
Church; Holme Lacy House.
Holmer
Holemere: Hereford Church.
Suburb of Hereford.
Hope Mansell
Hope: William FitzBaderon.
Parkfields House.
Hope under Dinmore
Hope: Hereford Church.
Large.
Hopleys Green
Hope: Roger de Lacy from the king and Walter from him.

Hopton Sollers
Hopetune: Richere from William FitzNorman.

How Caple
Capel: Hereford Church. Mill.

Howle
Hulla: Godric Mapson from the king. Fishery.

Humber
Humbre: Roger de Lacy from the king.
Nearby is the Iron Age Risbury Camp; Roman finds have been made in the area.
Huntington
Huntenetune: Hereford Church.
Within the boundaries of the city of Hereford.
Huntington (near Kington)
King's land, formerly Earl Harold.
Large; earthworks of a castle which belonged first to King Harold and later to Owen Glendower.

Ivington
Ivintune: King's land, formerly Queen Edith.
Iron Age camp nearby.

Kenchester
Chenecestre: Godric and Gruffydd of Maredudd from Hugh de Lasne. Mill.
Major Roman site, Magna Castra.
Kilpeck
Chipeete: William FitzNorman from the king. 15 sesters of honey.
Church with Saxon remains. The ruined castle belonged to William FitzNorman.
King's Caple
Cape: William FitzNorman from the king.
Mound of a Norman castle.
Kingsland
Lene: King's land. 2 mills. 500 eels.
Large; ruined castle, the reputed burial place of Merewald, 7th century Mercian king. At Mortimer's Cross nearby, Edward Mortimer defeated Owen Tudor in 1461 to become Edward IV.
King's Pyon
Pionie: Roger de Lacy.

Kingstone (near Hereford)
Chingestone: King's land; Ilbert FitzTurold from the king.
Near a Roman road.
Kingstone (in Weston under Penyard)
Chingestune: Cormeilles Church.

Kington
Chingtune: King's land, formerly Earl Harold.
Market town; remains of Lyonshall Castle.
Kinnersley
Elburgelega: Richard from Ralph de Mortimer.
Elizabethan House, now an old people's home.
Knill
Chenille: Osbern FitzRichard.
The brithplace of Anne Garbett, wife of the 19th century scholar Sir Samuel Romilly.

Lawton
Lautone / tune: Roger de Lacy from the king and an Englishman from him.
Locality near Leominster.
Laysters
Last: Roger de Mussegros; Bernard from Durand of Gloucester and his nephew Walter; Edric, the pre-Conquest holder.
Scattered; castle mound. One of Wordsworth's favourite haunts.
Lea
Lecce: Gloucester Church.
Castle End House.
Ledicot
L(e)idecote: Ralph de Mortimer; Gilbert from Roger de Lacy, formerly Aelfled, a woman.

Leinthall
Len / Len(n)te / Lintehale: King's land; Ralph de Mortimer, formerly Queen Edith. Mill.
Now 2 villages, Leinthall Earls and Leinthall Starkes.
Leintwardine
Lenteurde: Earl Roger; Ralph de Mortimer.
Large; on a Roman road.
Leominster
Leo(f)minstre: King's land, formerly Queen Edith; Urse d'Abetot; Roger de Lacy; Ralph de Mortimer; William FitzNorman; Widard. 10 mills, hawk's eyrie. 90 sticks of eels. 20 outliers.
Small town which grew up around a Saxon priory and was once famous for its wool. Daniel Bourn invented the first wool-carding machine here in 1748.
Letton (near Clifford)
Letune: Tesselin from Roger de Lacy. Mill.

Letton (near Wigmore)
Lectune: Ralph de Mortimer.

Lingen
Lingham: Ralph de Mortimer.
Ruined castle; priory.
Linton
Lintone / tune: King's land; William FitzBaderon with St. Mary's of Cormeilles holding the church. Mill. 6 sesters of honey.
Castle remains; prehistoric earthworks.
Litley
Lutelei: Widard from Durand of Gloucester.
Litley Court (in a Hereford suburb), a large building belonging to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.
Little Brampton
Bruntune: Osbern FitzRichard.
Medieval farmhouse.
Little Cowarne
Colgre: Nigel the Doctor.
Humphrey Smth, the 17th century Quaker preacher, was born here.
Little Hereford
Lutelonhereford: Hereford Church. Mill.
Easton Court.
Little Marcle
Merchelai: Odo from Roger de Lacy, formerly Earl Harold; Thurstan from Thurstan FitzRolf. Mill.

Llanwarne
Ladgvern: Hereford Church, formerly held wrongfully by Earl Harold. Church.
Ruined medieval church.
Longtown
Ewias: Roger de Lacy.
Formerly known as Ewias Lacy. Dominated by the 12th century castle, possibly built on the site of King Harold's castle.
Lower Harpton
Hercope:
Lost near Kington.
Lugwardine
Lucuordne: King's land. 4 mills.
Large.
Lulham
Lulleham: Hereford Church.

Luntley
Lutelei: Ilbert from the king.
Jacobean Luntley Court.
Luston
Lustone: King's land, formerly Queen Edith.
Tudor house.
Lyde
Leode / Lude: Hereford Church; Ralph from Roger de Lacy, formerly Earl Harold; Roger de Lacy from Osbern FitzRichard.
Part of the village of Pipe and Lyde.
Lye
Lecwe / Lega / Lege: William FitzNorman, Ralph de Mortimer, Osbern FitzRichard and Gruffydd of Maredudd from the king.
Now 2 hamlets, Upper and Lower Lye, separated by Sned Wood.
Lyonshall
Lenehalle: Walter from Roger de Lacy, formerly Earl Harold.
Castle remains; section of Offa's Dyke nearby.