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Garway is a parish and straggling village, 11 miles west from Ross, 5 south-east from Pontrilas railway station, 7 north-west from Monmouth, and 12 south from Hereford, in Wormelow Hundred, Monmouth Union, Harewood’s End petty sessional division, Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric, situated on the Ross and Abergavenny road. The church is an old stone building, with square tower, in the Norman style. It is in very good repair; has a nave, chancel, porch, font, and five bells. The living is a rectory, with about 11 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Sir J. Bailey, Bart.; the Rev. Henry Prosser, M.A., is the incumbent. There is a chapel for Baptists at the Turnings. There is a small National school for boys and girls, and also a small school for Baptists. Garway Court is the seat of Paul Prosser, Esq. The population, in 1851 was 590, and the acreage is 3,625. The soil is sandy and loamy; the subsoil is chiefly rock. Lord Southwell is lord of the manor and chief landowner.

Garway Common is half a mile distant east.

Broad Oak is a hamlet, 2 miles south-east.

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

Miscellaneous

Baldwin Timothy, carpenter and wheelwright, Garway common

Bellingham George, tailor, the Turnings

Clarke Richard, carpenter

Goods Thomas, blacksmith, Garway common

Gwatkin Paul, cooper, Garway common

Howe George, shopkeeper, Broad Oak

Jones Charles, wheelwright, Broad Oak

Johnson Rev. Benjamin (baptist)

Lewis James, miller, Garway mill

Morgan John, machine and agricultural implement maker

Powell Philip, mason and parish clerk

Price John, carpenter and shopkeeper, Broad Oak

Price William, beer retailer and boot and shoe maker

Prosser Rev. Henry

Prosser Paul, Esq., Garway court

Roberts James, blacksmith and shopkeeper Broad Oak

Sanders George, tailor

Sanders Peter, tailor, Garway Common

Sanders William, shopkeeper, Garway com

Vaughan Henry, Oak Inn, Broad Oak

Walters Charles, carpenter

Walters Mrs. Eliza, dressmaker

Walters William, beer retailer and butcher, Garway common

Waters William, tailor, Garway common

Watkins Philip, shopkeeper

Farmers

Bennett Philip, Yew Tree

Embrey John, Newhouse

Embrey William, Tenorsfield

Hand George, Cwm Maddock

Morgan John, Church farm

Morgan Walter, Little Garway farm

Sanders James, Upper Northgate

Sanders William, Newlands

Vaughan William, Broad Oak

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