Haywood, Herefordshire

Haywood is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and south-west of Hereford. Parish population at the 2011 census was 216.[1] There are no substantial settlements, however, it is home to one of the largest poultry farms in Great Britain.

The Hay of Hereford was a Royal forest in the early Middle Ages.[2] It was granted by Empress Matilda to Milo of Gloucester when she created him Earl of Hereford.[3] The woodlands can be seen on Saxton's 1577 map of Herefordshire.[4]

Haywood was officially outside of any parish in the mid-1800s.[5]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ *Raymond Grant (1991). The royal forests of England. Wolfeboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton. ISBN 0-86299-781-X. OL 1878197M. 086299781X. See Appendix, p225
  3. ^ Francis Beaufort Palmer (February 2007), Peerage Law in England, Lawbook Exchange, ISBN 9781584777489, OL 9452596M, 1584777486 See Appendix, p242 and Theophilus Jones (1805), A history of the county of Brecknock (A history of the county of Brecknock. ed.), Brecknock: Printed and sold by Wm. & Geo. North ... for the author; and sold by J. Booth ... London., OL 14012583M p67
  4. ^ Map[permanent dead link‍] linked from Forests and Chases of England and Wales, c. 1000 to c. 1850: An Inventory of Early Maps and Plans
  5. ^ 'Hayle - Hazon', in A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. Samuel Lewis (London, 1848), pp. 454-456 [accessed 26 August 2015].