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Upton Bishop
Upton Bishop is a small village in Herefordshire, England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 602.
Upton Bishop was featured several years ago on TV when Phil and Alison Clarke chose their home on the Channel 4 programme Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer and Kirsty Allsop advising them.
The manor of Upton Bishop formed a part of the possessions of the Bishops of Hereford from the time of the Saxon Kings to the accession of Queen Elizabeth I.
Francis Tebbs Havergal was vicar of Upton Bishop from 1874. He wrote music, books on the history of Hereford Cathedral and a most comprehensive treatise on Upton Bishop in 1883, entitled "Records Historical and Antiquarian of The Parish of Upton Bishop".
His sister Frances Ridley Havergal also wrote many books including travelogues, poetry, children's books, hymns, and religious texts. She died at the early age of forty-two. A bell was cast as a memorial to her that still hangs in the church.
Upton Bishop is a large parish and village situated on the borders of Gloucestershire, on the upper road between Hereford and Gloucester, and on the main road from Ross to Newent; is distant 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north east of Ross, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Newent, 13 miles (21 km) south east of Hereford, and 16 miles (26 km) west north west of Gloucester; is in Greytree hundred, Ross union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Linton polling district.
The population in 1861 was 716; in 1871, 716; inhabited houses, 150; families or separate occupiers, 166; area of parish, 3,391 acres (1,372 ha; 5.298 sq mi); annual rateable value, £5,069.
Courtenay Connell Prance, Esq., of Hatherley court, Cheltenham, is lord of the manor. The Right Hon. Lord Ashburton, Lady Lindsay, Mrs. Chellingworth, Thomas Powell, Esq., and William Jones, Esq., are the principal landowners.
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Upton Bishop
Upton Bishop is a small village in Herefordshire, England. The population of the village at the 2011 census was 602.
Upton Bishop was featured several years ago on TV when Phil and Alison Clarke chose their home on the Channel 4 programme Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer and Kirsty Allsop advising them.
The manor of Upton Bishop formed a part of the possessions of the Bishops of Hereford from the time of the Saxon Kings to the accession of Queen Elizabeth I.
Francis Tebbs Havergal was vicar of Upton Bishop from 1874. He wrote music, books on the history of Hereford Cathedral and a most comprehensive treatise on Upton Bishop in 1883, entitled "Records Historical and Antiquarian of The Parish of Upton Bishop".
His sister Frances Ridley Havergal also wrote many books including travelogues, poetry, children's books, hymns, and religious texts. She died at the early age of forty-two. A bell was cast as a memorial to her that still hangs in the church.
Upton Bishop is a large parish and village situated on the borders of Gloucestershire, on the upper road between Hereford and Gloucester, and on the main road from Ross to Newent; is distant 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north east of Ross, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Newent, 13 miles (21 km) south east of Hereford, and 16 miles (26 km) west north west of Gloucester; is in Greytree hundred, Ross union, petty sessional division, and county court district, and Linton polling district.
The population in 1861 was 716; in 1871, 716; inhabited houses, 150; families or separate occupiers, 166; area of parish, 3,391 acres (1,372 ha; 5.298 sq mi); annual rateable value, £5,069.
Courtenay Connell Prance, Esq., of Hatherley court, Cheltenham, is lord of the manor. The Right Hon. Lord Ashburton, Lady Lindsay, Mrs. Chellingworth, Thomas Powell, Esq., and William Jones, Esq., are the principal landowners.