Fonts in Herefordshire by George Marshall

Fonts in Herefordshire by George Marshall

George Marshall was one of the most distinguished members and benefactors of the Woolhope Club. He died on 11 December 1950 aged 81. His obituary appeared in the Club’s 1950 Transactions, pages 200 to 201, and included a photograph. His father, George William, was a Herald and a distinguished genealogist and antiquarian who had bought Sarnesfield Court in 1895. Although George was born in Somerset, like other incomers to Herefordshire he became immersed in its history and published many papers in the Club’s Transactions. After a stroke in 1946 he was still able to complete a volume on the history of Hereford cathedral and to write his monograph Fonts in Herefordshire which was published in 3 parts in 1949, 1950 and 1951. The majority of the photographs of the fonts were taken by F. C. Morgan, another distinguished Woolhope Club member. More than 200 Herefordshire parishes are represented, about 80%, pre-19th century fonts only being included.

The organisation of the 3 printed parts was not straightforward; a Contents page does not appear until part 3 but for the website version it has been moved to the start of part 1; it indicates the order in which the fonts are presented i.e. not by parish name but by style. Each parish was given a number based on this order. An alphabetical index of parish name versus parish number was provided at the end of part 3. To make finding a given parish easier this has been reproduced separately below. The pages of photographs were scattered throughout the three parts in order of parish number, but as there are sometimes 6 photographs per page the text for a particular parish can be separated by some distance from the photograph. The text and photographs are therefore in different files which can easily be scrolled through.

Fonts in Herefordshire text Fonts in Herefordshire photographs

Index: parish name and number which is also the font photograph number

Acton Beauchamp 149	Eardisley 15	Much Marcle 5	Wigmore 126
Amberley 51	Eastnor 49	Marden 105	Winforton 113
Ashperton 181	Edvin Loach 28	Marstow 115	Ross 197, 198
Aston (Pipe) 82	Elton 47	Michaelchurch Escley 150	Rowlestonc 36
Aston Ingham 169	Evesbach 46	Michaelchurcn Tretire 31	Saint Devereux 152
Aymestrey 78	Eye 127	Middleton-on-the- Hill 27	Saint Margarets 155
Avenbury 74	Eyton 121	Moccas 60	Saint Weonards 142
Aylton 182	Fawley 73	Monkland 4	Upper Sapey 96
Bacton 95	Felton 52	Monnington 168	Sarnesfield 93
Ballingham 77	Fownhope 159, 176	Mordiford 164	Sellack 75
Birley 32	Foy 124	Much Dewchurch 25	Shobdon 19, 186
Bishops Frome 61	Garway 137	Munsley 132	Tedstone Wafre 108
Blakemere 12	Grendon Bishop 79	Newton nr Clodock 200	Thornbury 26
Bodenham 123	Hampton Bishop 69	Norton Canon 11	Thruxton 167
Bolstone 160	Harewood 22	Ocle Pychard 136	Tretire 129, 187
Bosbury 42 and page 95	Hatfield 48	Orleton 18	Turnastone 62
Brampton Abbots 146	Hentland 148	Pembridge 101	Tyberton 171
Bredwardine 43	Hereford, All Saints 118	Pencombe 135	Ullingswick 91
Bridge Solers 76	Hereford Cathedral 20	Pencoyd 89	Upton Bishop 145
Bridstow 189	Hereford, St. Peters 175, 194	Peterchurch 9	Urishay 201
Brilley 55	Holme Lacy 173, 203	Peterstow 134	Withington 193
Brimfield 102	Hope Mansel 59	Pipe and Lyde 154	Wolferlow 23
Brinsop 63	Hope-under-Dinmore 97	Pixley 151	Woolhope 180
Brobury 38	How Caple 14, 177	Sollershope 57	Wormesley 37
Brockhampton, nr Bromyard 130	Humber 8	Stanford Bishop 40	Yarkhill 30
Brockhampton, nr Ross 196	Huntington, near Kington 183	Staunton-on-Wye 70	Yarpole 87
Bromyard 2	Kenchester 163	Stoke Edith 179	Yatton Chapel 54
Burghill 17, 185	Kenderchurch 35	Stoke Lacy 106	Yazor 117
Burrington 92	Kilpeck 44	Stoke Prior 122	Wigmore 126
Byford 157	Kimbolton 53	Stretford 45	Winforton 113
Byton 34	Kings Caple 139	Stretton Grandison 141	Ross 197, 198
Callow 170	Kings Pyon 58	Stretton Sugwas 65	Rowlestonc 36
Canon Pyon 138	Kingsland 120	Sutton St. Michael 21 158	Saint Devereux 152
Castle Frome 16	Kingstone 1	Sutton St. Nicholas 64	Saint Margarets 155
Clehonger 199	Kington 11	Vowchurch 29	Saint Weonards 142
Clifford 125	Kinsham 147	Wacton 81	Upper Sapey 96
Clodock 67	Laysters 56	Walford 143	Sarnesfield 93
Coddington 104	Lea, The 84, 107	Walterstone 72	Sellack 75
Collington 88	Leinthall Starkes 99	Wellington 116	Shobdon 19, 186
Colwall 83	Leominster 100, 166	Welsh Bicknor 153	Tedstone Wafre 108
Cradley 174	Letton 114	Welsh Newton 6	Thornbury 26
Credenhill 162	Lingen 98	Weobley 112	Thruxton 167
Croft 128	Linton 192	Westhide 184	Tretire 129, 187
Cusop 33	Little Birch 10	Weston Beggard 71	Turnastone 62
Dewsall 109	Little Cowarne, 68	Weston-under- Penyard 158	Tyberton 171
Dilwyn 110, 111	Little Dewchurch, 191	Whitbourne 13	Ullingswick 91
Dinedor 133	Little Hereford 7	Whitchurch 24	Upton Bishop 145
Docklow 140	Llancillo 90	Preston-on-Wye 85	Urishay 201
Donnington 188	Llandinabo 86	Tarrington 94	Withington 193
Dormington 3	Llangarron 144	Richard's Castle 195, 202	Wolferlow 23
Dorstone 131	Llanrothall 161	Tedstone Delamere 80
Dulas 50	Mansel Lacy 66	Whitney-on-Wye 39