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Canon Froome, Herefordshire
Extract from Littlebury's Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire, 1876-7
with Private and Commercial Residents
Transcribed by Marion B. Wilkinson, © Copyright 2001
CANON FROOME (otherwise Canon ffroome) is a parish distant 7 miles N.W. of
Ledbury, and 10 E.N.E. of Hereford, in Radlow hundred, Ledbury union, petty
sessional division, and county court district, and Bishop's Froome polling
district. The population in 1861 was 115; in 1871, 108; inhabited houses, 18;
families or separate occupiers, 22; area of parish, 1,014a. 0r. 36p.; annual
rateable value, £1,504. John Hopton, Esq., is lord of the manor and owner of
the parish. The soil is a rich clay, producing wheat, beans, hops, and fruit.
Canon Froome is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery
of South Froome; living, a vicarage annexed to Munsley rectory; joint value,
£400, with residence and 28 acres of glebe; patron, John Hopton, Esq.; vicar,
Rev. William Buckle, M.A., of Oriel College, Oxford, who was instituted in
1871. The church, dedicated to St. James, was rebuilt in 1860, with the
exception of the tower, which was erected about 1650, and is square and
turreted, containing three bells. The cost of rebuilding was £2,341, defrayed
by John Hopton, Esq., and the late Rev. John Hopton, who rebuilt the chancel.
The earliest register is dated 1681. There is no school in the parish; the
children attend at Ashperton. Canon Ffroome Court is a handsome modern
mansion, adjoining the church. It is the seat of John Hopton, Esq., J.P. for
Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and D.L. for Herefordshire.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.- Letters are received through Ledbury. The letter-box is
cleared at 4 p.m. Tarrington is the nearest money order office. Postal
telegrams may be sent from Stoke Edith railway station. Ledbury is the post
town.
Parish Church (St. James's).- Rev. William Buckle, M.A., Vicar; Messrs. John
Philpotts and W. Fennell, Churchwardens; David Gunn, Parish Clerk.
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
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Buckle Rev. Wm., M.A. (vicar of Canon Ffoome and rector of Munsley), The Vicarage
Hopton John, Esq., M.A. (Oxon.), J.P. (for Herefordshire & Gloucestershire),
D.L. (for Herefordshire), Canon Ffroome court; and at Kemerton, Gloucestershire
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COMMERCIAL.
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Gunn David, parish clerk
Harris William, head gardener to John Hopton, Esq., J.P., D.L., Canon Ffoome court
Hooper Joseph, farmer, Suffield farm
Lomas ___, head gamekeeper for John Hopton, Esq., J.P., D.L., Canon Ffroome court
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Philpotts John, farmer and hop grower, Red castle
Pitt Walter, farmer, White house
WARGENT WILLIAM, blacksmith, machinist, and agricultural implement maker
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Transcription by Marion Wilkinson in August 2001.
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