Lyonshall, Herefordshire

Description
Lyonshall, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands 1 1/2 mile SE of the river Arrow, and 2 1/2 miles E of Kington, was once a market-town, and has a station on the Kington and Eardisley branch of the G.W.R., and a post and telegraph office under Kington; money order office, Kington. The parish comprises 4760 acres; population, 828. The manor belonged to the Marburys, passed to the Devereux family, Sir Stephen de Ebroicis, and the Touchets. Castle Weir, Lynhales, and The Whittern are the chief residences. A castle, said to have been built by William Rufus, stood at the village, and is now represented by some ivy-clad remains. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; net value, £244 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is of the 13th century, and the font is of the same date, but there are remains of an earlier church. The tower and one of the windows are Norman. It was restored in 1873. There are Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels.