ST. DEVEREUX is a parish and railway station on the Newport, Abergavenny, and Hereford branch of the Great Western railway (West Midland section), distant 7 miles S.W. of Hereford, 16 N.E. of Abergavenny, 13 N.W. of Ross, and 16 N. of Monmouth; is situated on Worm brook, a short distance S. of the main road between Hereford and Abergavenny; is in Webtree hundred, Dore union and petty sessional division, Much Birch polling district, and Hereford county court district. The population in 1861 was 242; in 1871, 241; inhabited houses, 50; families or separate occupiers, 54; area of parish, 1,095 acres; annual rateable value, £2,707. The Rev. Archer Clive, M.A., of Whitfield, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clayey and loamy; subsoil, sand and limestone; chief produce, wheat, barley, oats, and roots. St. Devereux is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Archenfield; living, a rectory united to Wormbridge; joint value, £305; inclusive of 56 acres of glebe; patron, Rev. Archer Clive, M.A.; rector, Rev. David John George, M.A., of Jesus College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1837. The church, dedicated to St. Devereux, is an ancient structure of stone, in the Early Norman style of architecture, with nave, chancel, porch, and small tower containing three bells. It was restored in 1859 and fitted with open seats. The register goes back to the year 1662. The children of this parish chiefly attend the district national school at Wormbridge. There is a small school for infants at Didley. The Primitive Methodist chapel was erected in 1862; a Sunday school is held in it. Didley is a hamlet about 1 mile N.E.