In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Humber like this:
HUMBER, a parish in Leominster district, Hereford; on the river Lug, near the Leominster and Bromyard railway, 3¼ miles SE of Leominster. It includes the hamlet of Risbury; and its post town is Leominster. Acres, 1, 494. Real property, £1, 624. Pop., 251. Houses, 58. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to H. D. Burrs, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £170. * Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has a tower, and is good. There is a free school.
Humber through time
Humber is now part of Herefordshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how Herefordshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Humber itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Humber in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5289
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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