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The
parish of Clehonger extends east from the
Cage Brook to the parish of St John's in
the City of Hereford. As with most
Herefordshire villages, little is known
of its early history.
In Domesday, Ansfrid of Cormeilles held
the greater part of Clehonger (Cleunge),
which was in Stretford hundred. A more recognisable
form of the name is recorded as Clahungra
(Clayhanger) in the later Herefordshire
Domesday Book.
There were 5 hides which paid tax and two
ploughs in lordship. There were three
villeins and four bordars with three ploughs.
The rest of the recorded population was
four ploughmen and Gerard, with his one
man, who held three virgates of this land
and had half a plough. There was woodland
and one hide that had been laid waste.
As in the adjacent parish of Eaton Bishop,
the mill at Clehonger was worth five shillings,
and also like Eaton Bishop, the manor had
been held by Harold Godwinson in 1066.
A small part of Clehonger
was in Dinedor hundred and was held by Ilbert
son of Thorold. This portion had only
one hide which paid tax and one plough in
lordship. There was one villain and
four bordars with two ploughs and two ploughmen.
It had been held by Leofnoth in 1066.
At
some time the village appears to have migrated
from what is likely to have been its original
location near the church to a new focus
at Gorsty Common.
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