In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Much Cowarne like this:
COWARNE (Much), a parish in Bromyard district, Hereford; 5¾ miles SSW of Bromyard, and 8 E of Moreton r. station. Post town, Stoke-Lacey, under Worcester. Acres, 3, 706. Real property, £4, 978. Pop., 563. Houses, 110. Cowarne Court is the seat of the Thomases. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church spire and part of the church were destroyed by lightning in 1840.
Much Cowarne through time
Much Cowarne is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Much Cowarne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Much Cowarne in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1943
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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