BYFORD, a parish in the hundred of GRIMSWORTH,
county of HEREFORD, 7 miles (W. N. W.) from
Hereford, containing 211 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford,
rated in the king's books at £7. 1. 8., and in the patronage
of the Crown.' The church is dedicated to St.
John the Baptist.