Description
Breinton, a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Wye, 2 1/2 miles W by S of Hereford. It is divided into Upper and Lower Breinton, and contains the hamlets of Warliam and Swainshill. A portion of the parish is within the municipal borough of Hereford. There is a post office at Swainshill (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Hereford. Acreage, 1647 ; population of the civil parish, 436 ; of the ecclesiastical, 445. There is an extensive nursery at King's Acre, Upper Breinton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The church is ancient, has a western tower with a spire, and contains several memorial stained windows.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
