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*[[Humber, Herefordshire|Humber]] | *[[Humber, Herefordshire|Humber]] | ||
*[[Kimbolton, Herefordshire|Kimbolton]] | *[[Kimbolton, Herefordshire|Kimbolton]] | ||
| − | *[[Kinnersley]] (Newchurch)<sup>†</sup> | + | *[[Kinnersley]] (Newchurch township)<sup>†</sup> |
*[[Laysters]] | *[[Laysters]] | ||
*[[Leominster]] | *[[Leominster]] | ||
| − | *[[Letton]] (Hurstley township)<sup> | + | *[[Letton]] (Hurstley township)<sup>†</sup> |
*[[Little Hereford]] (with Upton) | *[[Little Hereford]] (with Upton) | ||
*[[Lucton]] | *[[Lucton]] | ||
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*[[Orleton]] | *[[Orleton]] | ||
*[[Puddlestone]] | *[[Puddlestone]] | ||
| − | *[[Richard's Castle]] (part)<sup> | + | *[[Richard's Castle]] (part)<sup>‡</sup> |
| − | *[[Rochford]] | + | *[[Rochford, Worcestershire|Rochford]] |
*[[Sarnesfield]] | *[[Sarnesfield]] | ||
| − | *[[Stoke Prior]] | + | *[[Stoke Prior, Herefordshire|Stoke Prior]] |
| − | *[[Stottesdon]] ([[Farlow]])<sup> | + | *[[Stottesdon]] ([[Farlow]])<sup>‡</sup> |
| − | *[[Thornbury, Herefordshire|Thornbury]] (Westwood)<sup> | + | *[[Thornbury, Herefordshire|Thornbury]] (Westwood)<sup>§</sup> |
*[[Yarpole]] | *[[Yarpole]] | ||
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<sup>*</sup>: Census reports place Hopeleys Green and Longaston in Wolphy hundred.<br /> | <sup>*</sup>: Census reports place Hopeleys Green and Longaston in Wolphy hundred.<br /> | ||
| − | <sup>† | + | <sup>†</sup>: Remainder in Stretford Hundred.<br /> |
| − | + | <sup>‡</sup>: Partly in Shropshire.<br /> | |
| − | <sup> | + | <sup>§</sup>: Census reports place Westwood in Wolphy hundred. |
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{{Herefordshire hundreds}} | {{Herefordshire hundreds}} | ||
Latest revision as of 18:15, 10 February 2023
Wolphy is a hundred in the north of Herefordshire, adjacent to the borders with Shropshire and Worcestershire. It is bounded by Broxash to the south-east; by Grimsworth to the south; by Greytree to the east; by Stretford Hundred to the south-west; and by Wigmore Hundred to the north-west. To the north-east lie Shropshire and Worcestershire. It had a population in 2011 of 18,847, falling slightly to 18,421 if detached parts are disregarded.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Ameley*
- Brimfield
- Croft
- Docklow
- Edwin Ralph (with Butterley)
- Eye
- Eyton
- Ford's Bridge (ex. par.)
- Hatfield
- Hope-under-Dinmore
- Humber
- Kimbolton
- Kinnersley (Newchurch township)†
- Laysters
- Leominster
- Letton (Hurstley township)†
- Little Hereford (with Upton)
- Lucton
- Ludford (part)§
- Middleton-on-the-Hill
- Orleton
- Puddlestone
- Richard's Castle (part)‡
- Rochford
- Sarnesfield
- Stoke Prior
- Stottesdon (Farlow)‡
- Thornbury (Westwood)§
- Yarpole
*: Census reports place Hopeleys Green and Longaston in Wolphy hundred.
†: Remainder in Stretford Hundred.
‡: Partly in Shropshire.
§: Census reports place Westwood in Wolphy hundred.
| Hundreds of Herefordshire |
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Broxash • Ewyas Lacy • Greytree • Grimsworth (including Hereford) • Huntington • Radlow • Stretford • Webtree • Wigmore • Wolphy • Wormelow |
