Description
Allensmore, a parish in Herefordshire, 2 miles from Tram-Inn station on the G.W.R., 4 SW of Hereford. It has a post office under Tram-Inn (R.S.O.), which is the money order and telegraph office. The parish includes the townships of Allensmore and Hungerstone, with the hamlets of Winnall and Cobhall. Acreage, 2024; population, 520. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £266. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church, an ancient stone edifice, was restored in 1880 ; it has a Norman doorway and some good monuments. There is a Wesleyan Methodist and a Primitive Methodist chapel. Allensmore Court is a fine old country seat, situated in a finely-wooded park.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
