EDVIN RALPH, or EDWIN RALPH, is a parish delightfully situated on an eminence on the Bromyard and Tenbury road, distant 2 miles N. of the former town and 9 S.E. of the latter, 16 N.E. of Hereford, and 16 W. of Worcester; is in Wolphy hundred, Bromyard union, county court district, polling district, and petty sessional division. The population in 1861 was 165; in 1871, 155; inhabited houses, 29; families or separate occupiers, 30; area of parish, 1,568a. 2r. 9p.; annual rateable value, £1,804 11s. 9d.; gross estimated rental, £1,981 10s. William Lacon Childe, Esq., of Saltmarshe castle, is also a landowner here. The soil is stiff clay, producing wheat, beans, barley, hops, and fruit. A railway is now in course of construction between Bromyard and Worcester, 2 miles off, and is expected to be completed early in the year 1877. Edvin Ralph is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North Froome; living, a rectory annexed to Collington; joint value, £407, with residence and 59 acres of glebe; patron, William Lacon Childe, Esq.; rector, Rev. Arthur Childe, M.A., of Trinity College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1847. The living of Edvin Ralph is commuted at £260 5s., and there are 19 acres of glebe attached to the living. The church of St. Mary was partly restored in 1862 at a cost of £500. It is a very ancient structure, chiefly in the Norman style of architecture, and consists of chancel, aisle, transept, porch, modern font, some old monuments, and square tower containing two bells. The charities belonging to the parish amount to about £6 yearly. There is no school in the parish; The children attend the district school at Thornbury. The Rectory House commands some beautiful views of the surrounding country. Butterley, a hamlet containing about 600 acres, lies about 1½ miles W. of the church.