Description
Ivington, an ecclesiastical parish in Herefordshire, on a branch of the river Lugg, 2 miles SW of Leominster. It contains the townships of Broadward, Brierley and Wharton, Newtown, Stagbatch and Cholstrey, Ivington, Hyde Ash, and Wintercott, and was constituted in 1844. Post town, Leominster. Population, 707. An ancient camp on Brierley Hill was occupied by Owen Glendower, and has yielded coins of the 14th century. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford; gross value,, £317. Patron, the Vicar of Leominster. The church was built in 1842.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
