KING'S PYON is a village situated between the Tillington and Weobley and Canon Pyon and Stretford Bridge roads, which form the boundary of the parish. It is distant 3 miles E.S.E. of Weobley, 7 S.W. of Leominster, and 9 N.W. of Hereford; is in Stretford hundred, Weobley union, petty sessional division, and polling district, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1861 was 489; in 1871, 471; inhabited houses, 103; families or separate occupiers, 108; area of parish, 2,407 acres; annual rateable value, £2,863. Thomas Cooke, Esq., who is lord of the manor, Major Daniel Peploe-Peploe, M.P., of Garstone castle, and Mrs. Evans, of Moreton court, are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and gravel; subsoil, clay; chief products, wheat, beans, hops, roots, and fruit. King's Pyon is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a vicarage consolidated with that of Birley; joint value, £384, with residence and 19 acres of glebe; patron, Major Daniel Peploe-Peploe, M.P.; vicar, Rev. Hanmer William Webb-Peploe, B.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1866. King's Pyon tithes are commuted at £252 yearly, with residence and 6 acres of glebe.

The church, which is in the Gothic style, has been almost entirely rebuilt, but on the old foundations, and with every feature kept (when possible) or renewed (if necessary). It has a square tower containing four bells. A new clock has lately been erected with facing to north and south. The cost of restoration and addition of a new north transept (erected in 1872) was £1,160. The north window has been filled with stained glass to the memory of the late Rev. John Birch Peploe; and the east window to the memory of William and Margaret Cooke, erected in 1872 by their nephew and niece. In the south transept are two mutilated figures to the Carver and Carpenter families. There is an excellent organ and choir. There is a new parochial school, with accommodation for about 100 children; the present average attendance is about 50. King's Pyon House is a handsome residence in the occupation of the vicar (Rev. Hanmer William Webb-Peploe, B.A.) Brook House is the property and residence of Thomas Cooke, Esq.