WOOLHOPE is an extensive parish and pleasant village situated about 2 miles N.E. of the upper road leading from Hereford to Gloucester; is distant 8 miles E.S.E. of Hereford, 8 W.S.W. of Ledbury, and 9 N. of Ross; is in Greytree hundred, Ledbury union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Fownhope polling district. The population in 1861 was 803; in 1871, 769; inhabited houses, 173; families or separate occupiers, 209; area of parish, 4,549a. 11r. 36p.; annual rateable value, £5,959. The Dean and Chapter of Hereford are lords of the manor, and the Lady Emily Foley, of Stoke Edith park, near Hereford, and the Lady Lyttelton, of Hagley hall, near Stourbridge, are the principal landowners. The soil is a stiff clay; hops and fruit are much cultivated, with wheat, beans, and roots. The Surrounding neighbourhood is beautifully wooded, and the scenery from the hills in this part of the county is very picturesque. Woolhope is in the diocese, archdeaconry, and rural deanery of Hereford; living, a vicarage; value, £292, with residence and 22 acres of glebe; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Francis Merewether, B.C.L., of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1841.

The church of St. Mary is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, two aisles, porch, and square tower containing six bells. It was restored a few years since under the superintendence of W. Chick, Esq., of Hereford, but is in need of further renovation and improvement. The east window was filled with stained glass in 1869 by Lady Lyttelton as a memorial to her late husband, H.F. Mildmay, Esq., formerly M.P. for the county. The subject represents incidents in the life of our Saviour, and is beautifully executed. The parish registers commence with the year 1558. A school board has been recently formed for this parish, and new schools are about to be erected. The charities belonging to the church are of £30 yearly value. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Broadmoor. Woolhope Court (formerly called Wessington court) is the property of Lady Lyttelton and the residence of Josiah Booker, Esq. Buckenhill, distant 2 miles S., is a township in which are traces of an ancient encampment of Roman origin.