Bishops Frome – St. Mary

Prominant names include Freeman, Brown, Alcott, Gardiner, Summerset Dadd and Wood. Also Hopton - William Parsons Hopton was vicar for 54 years, his great uncle Ralph Cope Hopton was vicar for 50 years, and his great nephew William Cope Hopton for 52 years.

A rare lead lined Norman font (c. 1160), there are only around 20 in the whole of the country, and Herefordshire sports several of them.


Ann Mary Christiana Skynner wife of Colonel Gilbert Nicholetts and daughter of Gilbert Ignatius Doyge of brussels in Flanders. She died 19th July 1770 aged 74
The village of Bishops Frome (pronounced Froom) lies in East Herefordshire, and currently has a population of around 800. The River Frome flows through the village. The Bishop part of the name came from the fact that the Bishops of Hereford were Lords of the Manor at one time – the Manor House, known as Court Farm, is sadly no longer in existence but it was adjacent to the Church.
Two further monuments within the church read as follows:
James Gardiner, late of Instone, Gent, who died June 26th 1804 aged 73 years.
Ann, wife of the late James Allcott of Woodcroft in this Parish. She exchanged time for eternity the 9th day of July 1792 and in the 87th year of her age. She was remarkable for her sobriety, dilligence, fidelity and humanity.
Also Elizabeth White, grand daughter of the above Ann Allcott, who died 16th day of Feby 1811 aged 50.
Also Elizabeth Homes, late of Hopton, daughter of the above Ann Allcott who died 24th day of November 1812 aged 75 years.
There is an effigy of a man in a suit of mail with his feet resting on a lion, which is thought to be one of the Deveraux family who were big landowners in the area. He was perhaps a Knight Templar.