LOCATION

Upton Bishop Parish is located in the South Eastern corner of Herefordshire near Ross-on-Wye, close to the M50 and A40. The parish embraces the settlements of Crow Hill, Phocle Green, Tanhouse, Tedgewood, Upton Bishop, and Upton Crews.

The village of Upton Bishop is recorded in the Domesday Book within the Bromsash Hundred as Upton Episcopi, owned by the Canons of Hereford i.e. the Bishop's Upper Town. The record includes seven Hides paying tax; in Lordship two ploughs: eighteen villagers, eleven smallholders, two Boors and a priest. The inclusion of a priest in the record suggests a settled population and the possible existence of a place of worship at that time.

 

Grid Ref
SO646270

Lat (DMS)
51° 57' 0 N
Long (DMS)
2° 31' 0 W
Altitude
249 feet

Lat (Metric)
51.9500
Long (Metric)
-2.5167
Altitude
76 metres

The following description of the Parish is taken from Records Historical and Antiquarian of the Parish of Upton Bishop by Rev Francis T Havergal published in 1883

"The whole surface of this Parish is undulating and hilly. Extensive and beautiful views are obtained from the Breconshire Mountains to the Malverns and Cotswold Hills, from Bromyard Downs to May Hill and the Forest of Dean.
There are extensive woods in and around the Parish, so that the general prospect is that of a well wooded country, with crops mainly consisting of wheat, barley, beans, roots and clover, goodly pastures and orchards. It is considered a healthy locality, with a rather cold and bracing climate.
There are five small centres of population, Tan House, Fishpools, Croose (Crews), Crow Hill and Focle (Phocle). With these exceptions the habitations are very far apart.
The roads generally good and the footpaths numerous."

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