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ORCOP, a village and a parish in the district and county of Hereford. The village stands on an affluent of the river Wye, 3¼ miles N W of the river Monnow, at the boundary with Monmouth, 3¾ S E of St. Devereux r. station, and 8½ W by N of Ross; and is a scattered place. The parish comprises 2, 403 acres; and its post town is St. Weonards, under Ross. Real property, £1, 900. Pop., 583. Houses, 147. The manor belongs to G. Symons, Esq. The living is a donative in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £31. Patron, the Rev. A. Gray. The church shows peculiar and interesting features; was partly restored, partly rebuilt, in 1861; has a massive, richly moulded, oaken roof; has also a unique, three-staged, heavy, oaken tower, reconstructed after themodel of a previous old tower; and contains a new carvedstone pulpit. Charities, £7.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Orcop CP/PA Herefordshire AncC |
| Place: | Orcop |
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