WINFORTON, a parish in the hundred of HUNTINGTON,
county of HEREFORD, 6 miles (N. E. by E.)
from Hay, containing 169 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry and diocese of Hereford,
rated in the king's books at £9. 6.8., and in the patronage
of the Heirs of the late John Freeman, Esq. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary. A rail-road from Hay
to Kington passes through the parish. A court leet is
occasionally held here. A charity school has been endowed
by the late Mr. Freeman.