CROFT, a parish in the hundred of WOLPHY, county
of HEREFORD, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Leominster,
containing, with the township of Newton, 119. inhabitants.
The living is a discharged rectory, with the perpetual
curacies of Elton and Yarpole united, in the archdear
conry and diocese of Hereford, rated in the king's
books at £7. 11. 3., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage
of the Rev. James Keville. The church is dedicated
to St. Michael. At Castle Parke, on an eminence
to the north-west of the village, is Croft Ambrey, an
ancient British camp, with a double ditch and rampart.