Bishopstone, Herefordshire

Description
Bishopstone, a parish in Herefordshire, near the river Wye, 2 miles W of Credenhill station on the Swansea, Brecon, and Hereford branch of the M.R., and 7 WNW of Hereford, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Staunton-on-Wye. Acreage, 1016; population of the civil parish, 219; of the ecclesiastical, 197. Berrington Court, an old moated mansion, once the seat of the Berrington family, is now a farmhouse. A fine tessellated pavement and other Roman remains have been found. There are almshouses for six aged persons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £205 with residence. The church is Early English and cruciform, was restored in 1854, and contained several ancient monuments. The east window is stained, and the organ once belonged to Eton chapel.