Aconbury, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands 2 1/2 miles WSW of Holme-Lacy station on the G.W.R., and 44 SSE of Hereford, and is an old-fashioned sequestered place, surrounded by woods. The parish comprises 1692 acres; population, 124. Its post town is Hereford. The governors of Guy's Hospital are lords of the manor, having purchased the property of the Duke of Chandos. Aconbury Hill, to the S of the village, 719 feet high and well wooded, commands an extensive and very fine prospect. An Augustinian nunnery, founded in the reign of King John, anciently stood in Aconbury Forest; its remains have been converted into a farmhouse, called Aconbury Court. The living is annexed to the rectory of Little Birch; net value, £196. The church is a small ancient Gothic building, restored by Scott in 1863.