WINFORTON (anciently Widferdestune) is a small parish and village situated on the northern bank of the river Wye, and on the main road leading from Hereford to Hay via Whitney. It is distant 6 miles N.E. of Hay, 7½ S. of Kington, 14½ W.N.W. of Hereford, and about 1¼ S.W. of Eardisley station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland railway. It is in Huntington hundred, Kington union and county court district, Eardisley polling district, and Bredwardine petty sessional division. The population in 1861 was 162; in 1871, 150; inhabited houses, 34; families or separate occupiers, 35; area of parish, 1,099 acres; annual rateable value, £2,050. The Rev. Henry Blisset, of Letton court, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. George C. Dale, Esq., is also a landowner here. The soil is chiefly alluvial; subsoil, gravel and clay; products, wheat, barley, roots, fruit, &c. Winforton is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley; living, a rectory; value, £260, with residence and 16 acres of glebe; patron, Rev. Henry Blisset, M.A.; rector, Rev. Thomas Kearsey Thomas, M.A., of St. John's College, Oxford, who was instituted in 1860. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, north transept, and tower (partly of wood) containing five bells. The earliest register is dated 1690. There is a school for boys and girls, erected in 1872 at the joint expense of the Rev. H. Blisset and the parishioners. It will accommodate 30 children; the present average attendance is about 20. The late John Freeman, Esq., endowed it with £12 yearly. The Sunday school is conducted by the rector and his family. Winforton Court is the residence of Miss Domvile.