AVENBURY, a parish in the hundred of BROXASH,
county of HEREFORD, 1 mile (S. E.) from Bromyard,
containing 333 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford, rated in the
king's books at £7. 8. 9., endowed with £200 royal
bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and in the
patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to
St. Mary. A court leet is held annually. A small portion
of limestone is found in the parish. Here was
anciently a small priory, subordinate to the abbey of
Dore.