Wolphy

Wolphy Hundred in Herefordshire

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)^†
• 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.
^†: Census reports place Newchurch in Wolphy hundred.
^‡: Remainder in Stretton Hundred.
^§: Partly in Shropshire.
^‖: Census reports place Westwood in Wolphy hundred.