DINMORE was formerly an extra-parochial place, but is now a parish for
the purposes of the Act of 20 Vict., c. 19. It is distant 7 miles N. of
Hereford, 6 S. of Leominster, and 5 E. of Weobley; is in Grimsworth
hundred, Bodenham polling district, Hereford union, county court district,
and petty sessional division. The population in 1861 was 42; in 1871,
10; inhabited houses, 4. The cause assigned for the decrease in
population is that Dinmore house was unoccupied when the census was taken.
The area of the parish is 570 acres; annual rateable value, £633. The
Rev. Harris Fleming St. John is lord of the manor and owner of the
land. The soil is clay, well adapted for bricks, the manufacture of which,
with tiles, &c., is carried on by H.G. Goldingham, Esq., of Worcester.
The road between Hereford and Leominster is distant about 1 mile E.
of the church, and Dinmore station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford railway
is in the parish of Bodenham, at the foot of Dinmore hill, nearly 2
miles N.E. The church adjoins Dinmore manor house, and is a small
stone edifice in the Early English style of architecture, with square tower
and beautified spire. The living is a donative; patron, Rev. H.F. St.
John; chaplain, Rev. George Armstrong Blakely, M.A., of Worcester
College, Oxford, who was appointed in 1875, and resides at Stretford
rectory. Dinmore Manor House, a commodious and ancient stone
building, is at present unoccupied.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.- Letters are received from Hereford (via Wellington).
Leominster, Weobley, and Hereford are the nearest money
order and telegraph offices. Post town, Hereford
Dinmore Church.- Rev. George Armstrong Blakely, M.A., Chaplain.
Dinmore Railway Station.- John Price, Station Master.