WOLFERLOW is a parish situated a short distance W. of the main road
leading from Bromyard to Stourport, which here divides the counties of
Hereford and Worcester; is distant 6 miles N. of Bromyard, 7 S.E. of
Tenbury, 12 E.N.E. of Leominster, and 19 N.E. of Hereford; is in
Broxash hundred, Bromyard union, petty sessional division, and county
court district, and High Lane (Tedstone Wafer) polling district. The
population in 1861 was 112; in 1871, 126; inhabited houses, 23; families
or separate occupiers, 23; area of parish, 1,535a. 0r. 37p.; annual
rateable value, £1,570. William Barneby, Esq., of Saltmarshe castle, is
the chief landowner. Francis Weare, Esq., and William Willetts, Esq.,
are also landowners here. The soil is clayey, producing wheat, beans,
peas, hops, fruit, &c. The river Froome takes its rise in this parish. The
farms are rather scattered, and the scenery is very romantic. Wolferlow
is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of North
Froome; living, a vicarage; value, £222, with residence and 2 acres of
glebe; patron, William Barneby, Esq.; vicar, Rev. Charles Uppleby Bower,
M.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1873. The
church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is an ancient Norman edifice, with nave,
chancel and vestry, porch, and tower with short spire and two bells. It
was restored in 1863 at a cost of £800. The east window is of stained
glass by Messrs. Ward & Hughes, of London; and there is a stone
reredos, with marble shafts, by Mr. W. Forsyth, of Worcester. A memorial
brass, by Messrs. Thomason & Co., of Birmingham, bears the following
inscription:-
"The reredos and east window in this church were erected by the friends
and parishioners of the Rev. J.H.C. Wright, M.A., for 17 years rector of
this parish, to perpetuate the memory of his labours for the public good,
and his faithfulness as pastor of his flock. He died on the 16th of May,
1871, aged 49 years."
The parish registers commence with the year 1629. The charities amount
to £3 11s. 2d. yearly. The children from this parish are accommodated at
Stoke Bliss and High Lane schools.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.- Letters arrive by messenger from Tenbury
about 11 a.m. Clifton-on-Teme is the nearest money order office. Bromyard
and Tenbury are the nearest telegraph offices. Post town, Tenbury.
Parish Church (St. Andrew's).- Rev. Charles Uppleby Bower, M.A.,
Vicar; Mr. William Baldwin, Churchwarden; James Lerry, Parish Clerk.