Description
Brockhampton or Norton-with-Brockhampton, a township in Herefordshire, lies 2 miles NE of Bromyard, which is the post town. Acreage, 3160; population, 550. The place contains several good residences suburban to Bromyard. Brockhampton House is a fine mansion on the Downs, erected in 1760, and has a chapel attached. The old mansion is adjacent, and is an interesting and well-preserved specimen of a 14th century residence; adjoining is a small chapel in ruins. The estate has for centuries been in the possession of the Barneby family. On the Downs are also stone quarries, rifle butts, and a racecourse.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
