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Whitney is a township and parish, 17 miles west-north-west from Hereford, 9 from Kington, and 4 from Hay, in Huntington Hundred, Hay Union, and Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric; it is situated on the northern bank of the river Wye, and on the road from Hereford to Hay and Brecon. The church, a stone building about 100 years old, is solid and commodious; has nave, chancel, and tower with five excellent bells, and a stone circular font. The living is a rectory, worth £230 yearly, with residence, and about 20 acres of glebe land, in the gift of Tomkyns Dew, Esq.; the Rev. Henry Dew, B.A., is the incumbent. There is a chapel for Baptists. There is a mixed school for 50 children, supported by voluntary subscriptions. The population, in 1851, was 232, and the acreage is 1,483. The soil is rich alluvial on the lower level, the higher parts are clay and Loam; the subsoil is gravelly in the valley; much of the highland is underlaid with rock and marl. Tomkyns Dew, Esq., is lord of the manor; and Tomkyns Dew, Esq., Richard Higgins, Esq., and the New. Spencer Phillips, are chief landowners.

Post office. – Mrs. Mary Ann Roberts, postmistress. Letters arrive from Hereford at 9 a.m.; despatched at ¼ past 3 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Hay.

Carriers to Hereford – Mrs. Mary Crumpton, every Saturday; William Goode, Millhalf, every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.

Miscellaneous

Crumpton Mrs. Mary, carrier

Dew Rev. Henry, Rectory

Dew Tomkyns, Esq., Court

Evans John, tailor

Goode Wm., shopkeeper and carrier, Millhalf

Higgins Richard, Esq., the Wood

Jones John, boot and shoe maker

Lloyd Thomas, blacksmith, Stowe

Mann John, Boat Inn, and farmer

Monkhouse John, Esq., Stowe

Morgan Thomas, carpenter

Price John, miller, Millhalf

Reed Edward Combiune, veterinary surgeon

Roberts Mrs. Ann, shopkeeper and postmistress

Rothers Thomas, saddler

Sneade John, carpenter

Turner John, wheelwright, Millhalf

Wanklyn Thomas, blacksmith, Millhalf

Farmers

Crump James, Lower house

Monkhouse John, Stowe

Nicholls Samuel, Knapp

Price Richard, Pentwyn

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