DORSTONE, a parish in the hundred of WEBTREE,
county of HEREFORD, 8 miles (B. by S.) from Hay,
comprising the townships of Lower Dorstone and Upper
Dorstone, and containing 591 inhabitants, exclusively
of a part of the township of Vowmine, which is in this
parish, of which number, 402 are in Lower, and 189 in
Upper Dorstone. The living is a discharged vicarage, in
the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford, rated in the
king's books at £7. 11. 10., and in the patronage of the
Rev. Thomas Prosser. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter. There are four fairs for horned cattle, horses,
sheep, and pigs, on April 27th, May IStfc, September
27th, and November 18th. A castle formerly stood
within the parish.