Welsh Bicknor St Margaret's, Herefordshire

Burgums and Burghams lived here, or nearby.

WELSH BICKNOR is in Herefordshire but, historically, was a detached parish of Monmouthshire. St Margaret's Church, Welsh Bicknor "is a small but exquisitely beautiful building, situated on the bank of the river Wye. It occupies the site of the former edifice, and was erected in 1858 from the designs of Mr. Thomas H. Rushforth, of Regent street, London, at a cost of £2,680, the whole of which was defrayed by the late rector and Stephen Allaway, Esq." (Littlebury's Directory of Herefordshire, 1876-7). The church has a Norman style nave, a chancel and vestry and a south aisle. The porch is on the western side and it has an Early English style tower. There are 96 free sittings in the church. The only ancient monument There is an effigy, said to be the Countess of Salisbury, who was nurse to Henry V.

The list below shows the baptisms, marriages and burials that took place at Welsh Bicknor.

Name	Date	Location	BMD	Minister	Notes	FT
Ann Bergom	15 Oct 1759	Welsh Bicknor St Margarets	Burial
Edmund Burgum	20 Apr 1777	Welsh Bicknor St Margarets	Baptism	Thomas Parker (1)	P=Thomas +Ann
John Burgham	28 Sep 1862	Welsh Bicknor St Margarets	Marriage	John Temple	m=Mary Morgan	KK

(1) Thomas Parker, MA, had been rector of Taynton, and of Wesh Bicknor, before serving at Minsterworth. He died in 1800 age 74 years.