THRUXTON is a small parish situated on the road leading from Ross to
Hay, about 6 miles S.W. of Hereford, 14 N.W. of Ross, 16 S.E. of Hay,
and 2 W.N.W. of Tram Inn station on the Newport, Abergavenny, and
Hereford branch of the Great Western railway. It is in Webtree hundred,
Dore union and petty sessional division, Madley polling district,
and Hereford county court district. The population in 1861 was 65; in
1871, 68; inhabited houses, 13; families or separate occupiers, 13; area
of parish, 437 acres; annual rateable value, £755. The Rev. Archer
Clive, of Whitfield, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The
soil is a stiff loam; chief crops, wheat, barley, roots, clover, &c. The
parish produces excellent limestone for agricultural purposes. There is
an ancient tumulus in the parish. Thruxton is in the diocese, archdeaconry,
and rural deanery of Hereford; living, a rectory, annexed to the
vicarage of Kingstone; joint value, £300, with residence and 15 acres of
glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; rector, Rev. T. Thistlethwaite
Smith, who was instituted in 1870.
The church of St. Bartholomew
was restored in 1865-66 (with the exception of the upper part of
the tower and the bells), under the superintendence of William Chick,
Esq., architect, of Hereford; the builder employed was Mr. Edward
Bigglestone, of Hereford. The church consists of nave, chancel, porch,
and tower of the Decorated period. The walls inside are denuded of
plaster, and the stone laid bare and pointed. The nave and chancel
are paved with Godwin's tiles, the porch restored, and a thick glass
floor placed above the lower story of the tower, which is used as a
vestry, for the purpose of introducing light. The church is seated
with low open seats, all free. A carved oak pulpit, lectern, and font-cover
have been given, together with the holy table and its vesting,
and corona for the chancel. The east window is of stained glass, by
Bailey, of London, in memory of Archdeacon Wetherell, a former rector
of the parish, inserted at the request of his widow. There is another
memorial window by Hardman, of Birmingham, to the Ven. Archdeacon
Lane Freer, D.D. The earliest register is dated 1582. The children
of this parish are accommodated at Kingstone school.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.- Letters are received through Hereford, which
is the nearest telegraph office. Madley is the nearest money order office.
Post town, Hereford.
Parish Church (St. Bartholomew's.- Rev. T. Thistlethwaite Smith,
Rector; Mr. George Wood, Churchwarden.
Wormside Agricultural Society.- Mr. George Wood, jun., Secretary.