Moccas, Herefordshire

Description
Moccas, a village and a parish in Herefordshire, on the river Wye, 5 miles SW by W of Moorhampton station on the Hereford, Hay, and Brecon branch of the M.R., and 8 SSW of Weobly. Post town, Staunton-on-Wye, under Hereford. Acreage, 1190; population, 188. The manor, with Moccas Court and much of the land, belonged formerly to the Vaughans, and belongs now to the Comewall family. Moccas Court stands on an easy ascent near the Wye, and has a finely wooded park containing the largest weeping oak in England. A large and peculiar cromlech, called King Arthur's Stone, is on an eminence adjoining the park; includes a main stone of elliptical form, 38 feet long, 9 broad, and 2 thick, now broken in the middle; and originally had eleven supporting stones, some of which have fallen. A small mound is near the cromlech. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £320 with residence. The church is ancient, supposed to be the oldest in the county; presents a curious and primitive appearance; has a circular apse and a small tower; and contains monuments and stained windows to the De Fresnes and tablets to the Cornewall and Hanbury families, and a Norman font.