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- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
Pencombe with Grendon Warren was formed as a civil parish in Herefordshire, England in 1895 from the former parishes of Pencombe and Grendon Warren. Its population at the 2011 UK census was 329.
It is 4 miles (6 km) from Bromyard (the local market town) and about 11 miles (18 km) from Hereford, in each case reached by narrow roads. Its buildings, including St John's Church, were heavily influenced by the Arkwright family. (In the nineteenth century the Arkwrights were known for the invention of industrial textile equipment; they lived at nearby Hampton Court, accessible via Dinmore Railway Station.)
Pencombe
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Pencombe from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "PENCOMBE, a village and a parish in Bromyard [registration] district, Hereford. The village stands 4 miles W S W of Bromyard, and 6 E of Dinmore [railway] station; and has a post-office under Worcester. The parish contains also the hamlet of Marstone-Stannett, and comprises 4,590 acres. Real property: £4,276. Population: 415. Houses: 76. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to J. H. Arkwright, Esq. About 302 acres are usually under hops. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value: £600. Patron: J. H. Arkwright, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1865, at a cost of £3,232; is in the transition Norman style; and consists of nave, chancel, and apse, with vestry, S porch, and S E tower. The [perpetual] curacy of Marstone-Stannett is a separate benefice."
Grendon Warren
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Grendon Warren from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "GRENDON WARREN, an extra-parochial tract in Hereford[shire]; 3¼ miles W of Bromyard. Population: 34."
Research tips
- Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre, Fir Tree Lane, Rotherwas, Hereford HR2 6LA is where paper and microfilm copies of all records for Herefordshire are stored. The Archives Centre has a website where the index to the archives (and also the wills catalog) can be searched. One item in the catalog is List of all Herefordshire parish register and bishops transcripts holdings which is a PDF file with information provided in an old version of Excel.
Online sources which may also be helpful:
- GENUKI gives pointers to other archive sources as well as providing some details on each parish in the county. The emphasis here is on ecclesiastical parishes (useful before 1837)
- A listing of all the Registration Districts in England and Wales since their introduction in 1837 and tables of the parishes that were part of each district and the time period covered with detailed notes on changes of parish name, mergers, etc. Do respect the copyright on this material.
- The FamilySearch Wiki for Herefordshire provides a similar but not identical series of webpages to that provided by GENUKI
- A Vision of Britain through Time has a group of pages of statistical facts for almost every parish in the county
- Unfortunately, only one volume on Herefordshire has been published in the Victoria County History series. British History Online have produced a series of Ordnance Survey first edition maps for the county which may be helpful for mid-nineteenth century inquiries
- Ancestry.co.uk lists its collections of Herefordshire genealogical material.
- FindMyPast collections of historical records can be searched for Herefordshire. They have collections of parish records for the pre-1837 period.
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