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Tarrington (St. James), a parish, in the union of Ledbury, hundred of Radlow, county of Hereford, 7 miles (W.N.W.) from Ledbury; containing 546 inhabitants, and comprising 2144 acres. The parish comprises some elevated ground, and is intersected by the road from Ledbury to Hereford. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £5. 0. 2½.: the great tithes have been commuted for £40, and the vicarial for £430, the former of which is paid for three years to E. T. Foley, Esq., patron of the benefice, and the rector of Stoke-Edith, alternately, the glebe contains 38½ acres. The church has been enlarged.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.