ORLETON, a parish in the hundred of WOLPHY,
county of HEREFORD, 6 miles (N. by E.) from Leominster,
containing 574 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford,
endowed with £400 private benefaction, and £400
royal bounty, and in the patronage of the Governors of
Lucton school. The Leominster canal passes through
the parish. Courts leet and baron are held in March
and October; and the petty sessions for the division
take place here. There is a great fair for cattle annually
on the 23rd and 24th of April. Blount, the celebrated
antiquary, was a native of the parish, and lies buried in
the chancel of the church.