Burghill, Herefordshire

Description
Burghill, a village and a parish in Herefordshire. The village stands near the river Lug, 1 1/2 mile SW of Moreton station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford (L. & N.W. and G.W. Joint) railway, and 4 miles NW of Hereford. It has a post and telegraph office under Hereford, which is the money order office. The parish includes also the township of Tillington and the hamlets of Huntingdon and Portway. Acreage, 3765 ; population, 1341. Burghill Court, Tillington Court, and the Hermitage are the chief residences. An ancient square camp occurs in the parish, near the Portway to Kenchester. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; gross value, £144. The church is Norman with a pinnacled tower, was entirely restored in 1824, and repaired in 1854 and 1862; it contains a very fine rood loft with a piscina above it, an ancient figured metal font, a 15th century alabaster altar tomb to Sir John Milbourne and family, and two ancient brasses. In the churchyard is an avenue of fine old yew trees. The Hereford County and City Lunatic Asylum, opened in 1871, is situated in this parish. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel at Tillington.