In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brobury like this:
BROBURY, a parish in Weobly district, Hereford; on the river Wye, adjacent to the Hereford and Brecon railway, near Kinnersley station, 8½ miles E by N of Hay. Post Town, Bredwardine, under Hereford. Acres, 508. Real property, £819. Pop., 76. Houses, 17. The property is divided among a few. Brobury scar is a bold grand object, amid the fine scenery of the Wye. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Bredwardine, in the diocese of Hereford. The church is small and plain.
Brobury through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brobury in Herefordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1938
Date accessed: 27th May 2024
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