Yarkhill, Herefordshire - Post Office Directory, 1863

Extract from Post Office Directory of Herefordshire, 1863

YARKHILL.

YARKHILL is a parish, 9 miles north-west from Ledbury, and 7 north-east from Hereford, in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union, rural deanery of Frome, and Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric. The church of St. John is a plain stone building, with bath stone dressings, including a nave and chancel, with a square castellated tower; this church (with the exception of tower and chancel) has been lately rebuilt; and a vestry has been added by the vicar. The living is a discharged vicarage, value £220 per annum, with residence; in the gift of the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; the Rev. Hugh Bird, M.A., of Magdalen College, Cambridge, is the vicar. Earliest date of register, 1559. The Vicarage house, composed of brick with stone dressings, commands a fine view of Stoke Edith Park (the seat of the Right. Hon. Lady Emily Foley) in the foreground, and of the Hatterell and Malvern Hills on the right and left in the distance; 10½ acres are attached to the vicarage. The little river Frome flows through the parish. The population in 1861 was 568; the acreage is 1,666. The parochial charities amount to £7 per annum. The soil is stiff clay, producing abundant crops of wheat, beans, and hops. In Ledbury county court district.

Parish Clerk, John Lewis.

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YARKHILL.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.

COMMERCIAL.

Letters through Ledbury which is the nearest money order office

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