WOOLHOPE, a parish in the hundred of GREYTREE,
county of HEREFORD, 7 miles (W. byS.) from
Ledbury, containing, with the townships of Buckenhill
and Putley, 825 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage, annexed to that of Fownhope, in the peculiar
jurisdiction of the Consistorial Court of the Dean of
Hereford, "rated in the king's books at £7. 12. 85., endowed
with £200 private benefaction, and £200 royal
bounty. The church is dedicated to St. George. A
charity school here is supported by voluntary contributions.