BYTON, a parish in the hundred of WIGMORE, county of HEREFORD, 4 miles (E.S.E.) from Presteigne, containing 16? inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's books at £5, endowed with £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Mary.