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Cusop is a parish and village, 20 miles south-west from Hereford railway station, 1 north-east from Hay, 11 south from Kington, and 158 from London, in Ewais Lacy Hundred, Hay Union, Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric; situated on the Hereford and Hay road, on the borders of Brecknockshire. The church is an old stone building, supposed to have been erected about A.D. 1100, in a very plain style; has nave, chancel, porch, and two bells. The living is a rectory, in which considerable improvements will shortly be effected at a cost of about £350. There are some barrows in the township. The population in 1851, was 224, and the acreage is 2,294. The soil is sandy, the subsoil is chiefly sandstone and limestone. The commons in this parish will soon be enclosed.

Letters through Hay, which is the nearest money order office.

Miscellaneous

Allen Mr. William

Boucher Baldwin, miller

Howells John, Nelson Inn

James Thos., Esq., solicitor, Nant-y-glas-dwr

Lindsay Thomas, Esq., Dolace Cottage

Price George Mason, Sun Inn

Probert John, gardener and farmer

Thomas Rev. Kearsey, curate, the Cottage

Winstone Walter, clerk and sexton

Farmers

Meredith David Ridley

Meredith Edward, Tyllyshope

Newman John, Ty-coch

Stokes William, Llydiat-y-wain

Wellings William, Nant-y-glas-dwr farm

Williams John, Bleanan

Source: Edward Cassey & Co.: History, Topography, and Directory of Herefordshire. Printed by William Bailey, 107, Fishergate 1858.