Wolphy
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 |