ALLENSMORE is an extensive and populous parish, consisting of the places above named, and situated on the main road from Hereford to Abergavenny and Ross. It is distant 4 miles S.W. of Hereford, 13 W.N.W. of Ross, and about 2 N.W. of Tram Inn station of the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway (West Midland section). It is in Webtree hundred, Madley polling district, Hereford union, county court district, and petty sessional division. The population in 1861 was 612; in 1871, 603; inhabited houses, 147; families or separate occupiers, 158; area of parish, 1,959 acres; annual rateable value, £4,227. Evan Pateshall, Esq., M.P., is lord of the manor and chief landowner. Miss Bevan, Mr. William Batt, Mr. J. Jones, Mr. Merriman, &c., are also landowners here. The soil is gravel; subsoil, marl; chief crops, wheat, barley, fruit, and roots. Allensmore is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford; living, a discharged vicarage; value £330, with residence and 4½ acres of glebe; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; vicar, Rev. James Elliot Grasett, of Bishop Hatfield's Hall, Durham, who was instituted in 1867.

The parish church is an ancient stone edifice in the Gothic style, dedicated to St. Andrew, and consists of nave, chancel, porch (rebuilt in 1857), and square tower containing a peal of six bells. A stained glass window was placed on the north side of the church in 1857 to the memory of Miss Elizabeth and Miss Eliza Symonds; subjects, Faith, Hope, and Charity; and in 1868, to the memory of the Rev. H.P. Symonds, a former landowner in this parish; subjects, the Resurrection and Ascension of our Lord. The east window is also shortly to be filled with stained glass to the memory of the wife of Rev. J.E. Grasett, vicar; subjects, Christ blessing little children, the Sermon on the Mount, and Christ healing the sick. The register begins with the year 1771. A new school was built in 1870 for 100 children. The site was given by Evan Pateshall, Esq., M.P., and the total cost of building was about £800. The school is under Government inspection; average attendance, 65. Allensmore Court is the seat of Evan Pateshall, Esq., M.P. for the city of Hereford. Hungerstone is a township distant 1 mile S.W. from the village of Allensmore. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. Cobhall and Winnall are hamlets. The remains of a moat still surround Meer court, which is an ancient farmhouse. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Cobhall.