Wigmore Hundred
Wigmore is a hundred of Herefordshire, in the north-west of the county, adjacent to the borders with Radnorshire and Shropshire. It is bounded by Shropshire to the north; by Wolphy to the east; by Stretford Hundred to the south; and by Radnorshire to the west. It had a population in 2011 of 3,582, falling slightly to 3,576 if detached parts are disregarded.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Aston
- Aymestrey (part)*
- Brampton Bryan (part)†
- Bucknell (Buxton & Coxhall township)‡
- Burrington
- Byton
- Downton
- Elton
- Kinsham
- Leinthall Starkes
- Leintwardine (except Heath and Jay)‡
- Lingen
- Old Radnor (Lower Harpton township)§
- Presteigne (part)‖
- Staunton-on-Arrow (part)¶
- Titley
- Wigmore
*: Covenhope and Over Lye townships in Stretford hundred.
†: Stanage township in Radnorshire.
‡: Remainder in Shropshire.
§: Mostly in Radnorshire.
‖: Townships of Combe; Kinsham; Litton and Cascob (partly in Cascob); Rodd, Nash and Little Brampton; Stapleton; and Willey. Remainder in Radnorshire.
¶: Partly in Stretford hundred.
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Broxash • Ewyas Lacy • Greytree • Grimsworth (including Hereford) • Huntington • Radlow • Stretford • Webtree • Wigmore • Wolphy • Wormelow |