A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
LUCTON, a parish in Leominster district, Hereford; near the river Lug, 2½ miles NNW of Kingsland r. station, and 5 NW of Leominster. Post town, Kingsland, under Leominster. Acres, 1,017. Real property, £1,531. Pop., 174 Houses, 29. The property, except whar belongs to the grammar school, is all in one estate. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £98.* Patrons, the Governors of Lucton SchoolThe church was rebuilt in 1852. Pierrepont's free grammar school here was founded in 1708; clothes and educates 50 boys; gives education, on moderate terms, to other pupils; and has an endowed income of about £1,250, and several valuable exhibitions.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Lucton Ch/CP Leominster RegD/PLU Herefordshire AncC |
| Place: | Lucton |
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