DULAS is a small parish situated on Dulas brook, about 13 miles S.W.
of Hereford, and 2 N.W. of Pontrilas station on the West Midland
section of the Great Western railway; is in Webtree hundred, Dore union
and petty sessional division, Ewyas Harold polling district, and Hereford
county court district. The population in 1861 was 76; in 1871, 75;
inhabited houses, 13; families or separate occupiers, 14; area of parish,
845 acres; annual rateable value, £718. The executors of the late
Lieut.- Colonel Feilden are lords of the manor and principal landowners.
The soil is sandy; subsoil, clay and sandstone; chief crops, wheat, barley,
oats, &c. Dulas is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural
deanery of Weobley; living, a vicarage; value, £80, with 42 acres of glebe;
patrons, the executors of the late Colonel Feilden; vicar, Rev. Henry
Prosser, who was instituted in 1827. The church was rebuilt in 1865
at a cost of £1,225, solely defrayed by the late Lieut.- Colonel Feilden (with
the exception of £25 granted by the Hereford Diocesan Church Building
Society). It is in the Early English style of architecture, and consists of
nave, chancel, sacristy, and north porch, and will accommodate about
100 persons. The walling is of local stone, with Bath-stone dressing;
and the floors are laid with Godwin's encaustic tiles. The font is of
stone, with inlays of coloured marbles. The pulpit, &c., in use are the
carved oak ones from the old church. The building was executed by
country tradesmen of the neighbourhood, from the designs and under the
superintendence of George C. Haddon, Esq., architect, of Hereford and
Malvern. The children of this parish attend Ewyas Harold School.
Dulas Court, the residence of Mrs. Feilden, is a handsome mansion; it
was rebuilt a few years since.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.- Letters are received through Hereford. Ewyas
Harold is the nearest money order and telegraph office. Post town,
Hereford.
Parish Church.- Rev. Henry Prosser, Vicar; Mr. Richard Brisland,
Churchwarden.