Fownhope

Other current and historical names

Hope
Common Hill

Built-Up Area: Fownhope
Parish/Community: Fownhope
Unitary Authority: Herefordshire, County of
Region: West Midlands

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 52°0'29"N 2°37'0"W
Eastings/Northings: 357755, 234585
OS Grid: SO577345
Mapcode Local: GBR FQ.HMHR
Mapcode Global: VH85X.LSFG

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Fownhope within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Fownhope in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Fownhope, par. and vil., on river Wye, in co. and 6 miles SE. of Hereford, 4723 ac., pop. 1038; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Fownhope Court.

Fownhope in the Domesday Book

A village in Greytree hundred, in the county of Herefordshire.

- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Thorkil White
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Hugh the ass
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Hugh the ass
- Taxable Value: 15 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £12 in 1066; £15 in 1070; £16 in 1086
- Households: 14 villagers; 10 smallholders; 18 slaves; 8 female slaves; 2 priests; 4 other
- Plough Teams: 3 lord's ploughs; 26 men's ploughs
- Churches: 1
- Mills: 1, value 5 shillings
- Other resources: 3 fisheries

British Place Names

Fownhope, Herefordshire, County of

Fownhope is a village in Herefordshire, County of

Fownhope in historic gazetteers

Fownhope in the Domesday Book