Eastnor, Herefordshire

Description
Eastnor, a village and a parish in Herefordshire, under the Malvern Hills, 2 miles E of Ledbury. There is a post and telegraph office under Ledbury ; money order office, Ledbury. Acreage, 3193 ; population, 413. Eastnor Castle, the seat of the late Earl Somers, built in 1814, is a splendid mansion on the plan of ancient baronial castles ; it is beautifully situated, and commands fine views. The title is now extinct. The site of Bronsil Castle, formerly the residence of Lord Beauchamp of Powyke, lord treasurer to Henry VI., is in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £394. The church is a beautiful little building, perfect of its kind, with handsome altar ornaments, the gift of the Somers family. It has been well restored.