ULLINGSWICK is a small parish and village pleasantly situated in a vale 1½ miles N.W. of the main road leading from Hereford to Bromyard, and about 1 mile N. of the road between Ledbury and Leominster. It is distant 6 miles S.W. of Bromyard, 9 N.E. of Hereford, 10 S.E. of Leominster, and 5 E. of Dinmore railway station; is in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Ocle-Pychard (Burley Gate) polling district. The population in 1861 was 318; in 1871, 323; inhabited houses, 68; families or separate occupiers, 74; area of parish, 1,182a. 0r. 24p.; annual rateable value, £1,704. The Ecclesiastical Commissioners are lords of the manor, and with John Parker, Esq., James Parker, Esq., William R. George, Esq., William Lort, Esq., Mr. John Skerrett, and Mrs. Ann Carless, are the landowners. The soil is clayey; subsoil, rock and clay; products, wheat, beans, hops, fruit, &c. The hills in this parish command most extensive and pleasing prospects. Ullingswick is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Froome; living, a rectory, annexed to the chapelry of Cowarne Parva; joint value, £335, with residence and 54 acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Worcester; rector, Rev. John Middleton Ware, LL.B., of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1855.

The church, (name of patron saint unknown) was thoroughly restored in 1863, at a cost of £800; half the money was contributed by church building societies, and the remainder by subscription. It was reopened for divine service, April 10th, 1863. It has a cupola with three bells, one of which was subscribed for in memory of the late Prince Consort. The interior consists of nave, chancel, south porch, and some memorial windows by Clayton & Bell, of London. All the seats (144) are free. The organ was presented by Mrs. J. Garbett in 1867. The font, altar cloths, &c., were also presented. The earliest register is dated 1562. The Rectory house was entirely rebuilt by the present rector. There is a school for boys and girls, supported by subscription. About £400 have been spent on the school premises since 1870. The children from Little Cowarne attend it also; total average attendance, 40.