Haywood, Herefordshire

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Haywood is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and south-west of Hereford. Parish population at the 2011 census was 216. [1] There are no substantial settlements, however, it is home to one of the largest poultry farms in Great Britain.

The Hay of Hereford was a Royal forest in the early Middle Ages. [2] It was granted by Empress Matilda to Milo of Gloucester when she created him Earl of Hereford. [3] The woodlands can be seen on Saxton's 1577 map of Herefordshire. [4]

Haywood was officially outside of any parish in the mid-1800s. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ↑
    • Raymond Grant (1991). The royal forests of England. Wolfeboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton. ISBN   0-86299-781-X. OL   1878197M. 086299781X. See Appendix, p225
  3. ↑ Francis Beaufort Palmer (February 2007), Peerage Law in England, Lawbook Exchange, ISBN   9781584777489, OL   9452596M, 1584777486 See Appendix, p242 and Theophilus Jones (1805), A history of the county of Brecknock (A history of the county of Brecknock. ed.), Brecknock: Printed and sold by Wm. & Geo. North ... for the author; and sold by J. Booth ... London., OL   14012583M p67
  4. ↑ Map [ permanent dead link ] linked from Forests and Chases of England and Wales, c. 1000 to c. 1850: An Inventory of Early Maps and Plans
  5. ↑ 'Hayle - Hazon', in A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. Samuel Lewis (London, 1848), pp. 454-456 [accessed 26 August 2015].

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