Jakeman and Carvers Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire - 1902
D I L W Y N
Dilwyn extract transcribed 2010
An original copy of this extract can be viewed at Hereford Library.

DILWYN, or CHURCH DILWYN is a large parish and village situated on the main road between Leominster and Hay, distant .4, miles S.E. from Pembridge station on the Leominster and Kington branch of the Great Western Railway, 6 miles N. from Moorhampton station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the Midland Railway, 2 miles N .E. from Weobley, 6 S W. from Leominster, 12 N.W. from Hereford, and 16 N.E. from Hay; is in the Northern Parliamentary division of the County, Stretford and Wolphy hundreds, Weobley union, rural district, and petty Sessional division, Leominster county court district, and Canon Pyon and Dilwyn polling district and electoral division of the county council. The population in 1891 was 1,062; in 1901, 958; area of parish, 6,423 acres; annual assessable value, £5,369. By an order which came into operation on 25th March, 1884, under the Divided Parishes Act, detached parts of Eardisland were amalgamated with Dilwyn and Weobley. Sir joseph Verdin, Bart., of Garnstone Castle, is lord of the manor, and a considerable landowner. The other principal landowners are Lacon Lambe, Esq., The Hill Top, Dilwyn, John W. Wilson, Esq., 'I'he Grove, Market Drayton, George William Marshall, Esq., LL.D., F.S.A., of Sarnesfield Court, Rev. Richard Evans, M.A., Eyton Hall, Leominster, Robert ]ohn Dent, Esq., Cornhill Cop, Leominster, T. D. Burlton, Esq., Leominster, W. G. Chubb, Esq., Ludlow, George Bray, Esq., Dilwyn, Henry Moore, Esq., Dilwyn, Src. The soil is clayey and loamy; subsoil, clay and gravel ; hops are much cultivated, with wheat, beans, barley, roots. and fruit. There is good pasture, and the land generally is very fertile. Dilwyn lordship formerly belonged to the De Gamages, one of whom gave the right of depasturing on Mid-summer meadows to the inhabitants of Leominster. Dilwyn is in the diocese and archdeaconry of Hereford and rural deanery of Weobley ;.living, a vicarage; value, £437, with residence and 43 acres of glebe ; patron, the Lord Bishop of Hereford; vicar, Rev. Frederick Mellor, M.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge, who was instituted in 1891. The church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, having seatings for 461 persons, was erected during the last quarter of the 13th century, and is therefore over 6oo years old. It consisted of nave, with north and south aisles, chancel, sacristy, a western tower and spire, and north and south porches. About a century later, the north transept was added, and the existing fine south porch replaced the previous one. During the next century (the 15th), the Early English roof of the nave gave place to that now existing, and the church was enriched by the setting up of several screens of carved wood. In the course of the intervening three centuries, the fabric, one of the finest and best proportioned in Herefordshire, fell into a state of dilapidation and decay. In 1867 the interior was thoroughly restored under the superintendence of G. C. Haddon, Esq. The chancel is a singularly well preserved specimen of 13th century work, for the roof and walls have not suffered in the least, either from the effect of time or injudicious repairs. The windows, again, are intact, and so is the sacristy, rather a rare instance of an original erection, at any rate in Herefordshire. The east window was filled with painted glass in 1867, by Messrs. Heaton, Butler, and Bayne, as a memorial to the late Rev. J Powell. There are some remains of ancient glass in the single lancet-window on the south side of the chancel. The six bells now in use were placed in the tower in 1733,. In 1875 the tower was restored, and the bells re-hung, at a cost of £250. The exterior of the chancel, and the south side of the church were also restored in I882. The exterior of the north side has yet to be done. A clock was placed in the tower in 1887, to commemorate the Queen's jubilee ; the funds were raised by subscription. The parish registers commence with the year 1558. There are charities of about £16 yearly value. The school has accommodation for zoo children; average attendance, 112. Ebenezer Primitive Methodist chapel was erected in 1835 and rebuilt in 1857; Salem Primitive Methodist chapel, at Stockmore, was erected in 1864. At Upper Chadnor court in this parish was a chapel dedicated to St. Helen. It has long since been destroyed, though the site can still be identified. Luntley Court, a farm house, date 1674, is an interesting timber-framed structure, with pigeon house bearing date 1673.

Postal Regulations.-Richard Patrick, Sub-Postmaster. Letters arrive from Leominster at 6.30 am.; despatched thereto at 6.55 p.m. This is a telegraph and money order ofhce, and savings bank. Letters should be addressed (except where marked * or #) Dilwyn, R.S.O., Herefordshire.
Parish Church (St. Mary's).-Rev. Frederick Mellor, M.A., Vicar; Thomas Lambert Hall and Henry Moore, Churchwardens: Charles Richards, Parish Clerk.
National School (mixed).-]ames Trembath, master; Mrs. Trembath, mistress.
Primitive Methodist Chapel (Ebenezer).-Ministers various.
Primitive Methodist Chapel (Salem), Stockmore.-Ministers various .
Registrar of Births and Deaths for Dilwyn District of Weobley Union.--Herbert Vaughan, Westhope, Canon Pyon.
Relieving Officer and Sanitary Inspector. --William Lloyd, Weobley.
Surveyor of Highways.·F rank Gwillim, Weobley.
Police Station.--Sergeant Baynham.
Assistant Overseer.-Charles Richards.

CARRIERS TO LEOMINSTER.
Name Day Put up at
Return at
Mrs. Ann Vale Friday Golden Cross
3 o
Mrs Cartwright do. New Inn
3 o

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
De Boinville, Miss Chastel, Alexgift
Dent, Mathew Stephen, Newton court, and The Lawns, Hampton Bishop #
Hall, Thomas Lambert, M.R.C.S., Eng., surgeon, medical officer of health and public vaccinator for Dilwyn district of Weobly Rural District Council, Townsend house
HundIey. Charles., Luntley house #
Lambe, Lacon, The Hill Top
Lambe, Miss, The Hill Top
Mellor Rev. Frederick, M.A. (vicar), The Vicarage
Veitch, James, Townsend cottage

COMMERCIAL
Badham, Joseph, mason
Badham William., farmer, Kite's Nest #
Bagley, Thomas, farmer,Sollar's Dilwyn *
Bowen, Thomas, former, Little Dunwood
Bray, G. farmer & hop grower, Henwood
Brown, William, farmer, Upper Haven
Cartwright, John, cottage farmer, Bagley head #
Davies, Arthur, farmer, Lower Dewall #
Davies, Edwin, wheelwright *
Davies, George, farmer, Venmore
Dawes, James, farmer, Swanstone Court farm
Davies, John, blacksmith
Dent, Mathew Stephen, farmer and hop grower, Newton court, and The Lawns, Hampton Bishop #
Eckley, William, farmer, Pitch farm *
Evans, James, farmer and hop grower, Perryditch *
Evans, James. P., farmer The Hurst #
Farr, Robert, farmer, Dunwood
Gatehouse, Thomas, shoemaker, Sollars Dilwyn *
Gougb, Charles C., farmer, Bedford house *
Greenway, Charles, farmer, Upper house· *
Griffin, Henry, farmer, Hurst farm #
Griffin, Jos., jun., farmer, Upper Dewall #
Griffiths, Thomas. Henry, farmer and hop grower, Little Dilwyn
Griffiths, Walter, The Firs *
Haynes, George, farmer, Stretford Bridge *
Hill, James, cottage farmer, The Plough *
Hirons,. Job, cottage farmer, Bagley Head #
Hope, Joseph, farmer and landowner, the Stocking house
Jones, Benjamin, cottage farmer, Tump Ash
Jones, George, cottage farmer Headland #
Jones, John C., farmer, Chadnor court
Lee, Mrs. S., cottage farmer, Quicksets
Lewis, James, farmer and hop grower, Haven
Lewis, Mrs. Jane, The villas
Lewis, John, farmer, Stockingfield *
Lloyd, Charles, blacksmith
Miles, John, farmer, Lower Haven
Milichap, John, farmer, Lower house
Montague, Mrs. Maria, farmer, Iloe farm
Moore, Henry. landowner, farmer, and hop grower, Field's place
Morgan, Charles, farmer & hop grower, Tibball #
Morgan, Evan, farmer, Longwoods Bar #
Nash, William, blacksmith, Stockwyn field
Palfrey, Thomas, shopkeeper and blacksmith
Parry, George, cottage farmer, Common
Patrick, Richard, grocer, baker, and sub·postmaster, Poet office '
Powell, John, farmer and hop grower, Bereton
Price, Mrs. C., shopkeeper
Price, Richard, farmer and hop grower, Chadnor farm
Price, Thomas, painter and glazier
Price, William, bailiff to Jas. Smith, farmer and hop grower, Bidney
Pudge, John Perry, farmer and hop grower, The Homme
Richards, Charles, parish clerk and assistant overseer
Ricketts, Thomas, cottage farmer, Barewood #
Roberts, James, farmer, Stockmore #
Russell, James, farmer, Boycefield #
Seward, Thomas, cottage farmer, Stockwyn field *
Symonds, George, cottage farmer & miller *
Symonds, James, threshing machine proprietor
Trembath, Jas., schoolmaster & organist, School house
Tudge, F. J., farmer and stockbreeder, Great house
Vale, Mrs. Ann, cottage farmer, Dog kennel
Vaughan, James, cottage farmer
Wall, James, cottage farmer, Lower field
Watkins, Morgan, farmer, Luntley court
Wellings, Richard, farmer and hop grower, Alton court
Williams, Henry, farmer, Townsend farm
Williams, John, cottage farmer, Gravel hill *
Williams, John, farmer and hop grower, White house, Luntley #
Williams, Thomas, cottage farmer, Woodcock cottage

WILLIAMS, W., Crown Inn.
First-class accommodation for travellers, cyclists, & tourists. Good stabling
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Williams, William, farmer, Lower Newton #
Wood, James, farmer, Plateau *
Wright, J., cottage farmer, Stockmoor #

# Postal address, Pembridge. * Postal address, Leominster.