Haywood, Herefordshire

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". 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].

External links

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