James BARRELL
1755 - 1824 (69 years)-
Name James BARRELL Birth 8 Mar 1755 Clodock, Herefordshire, England 
Christening 10 Apr 1755 Clodock, Herefordshire, England Gender Male Death 29 Jul 1824 Kington, Herefordshire, England Burial 1 Aug 1824 Kington Churchyard, Kington, Herefordshire, England Person ID I8176 Complete Barrell ONS | 0165 Kington Last Modified 13 Jul 2020
Father John BARRELL, b. Abt 1725 Family ID F2523 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Elizabeth POWELL, b. 1755, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. 02 Aug 1802, Kington, Herefordshire, England (Age 47 years) Marriage 02 Jan 1780 Leominster, Herefordshire, England Children 1. Frances BARRELL, b. 5 Jul 1781, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. 01 Nov 1800, Kington, Herefordshire, England (Age 19 years)2. James BARRELL, b. 16 Jun 1783, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. 31 Jan 1824, Kington, Herefordshire, England (Age 40 years)3. Elizabeth BARRELL, b. 12 Aug 1785, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. 30 Sep 1800, Kington, Herefordshire, England (Age 15 years)+ 4. Charlotte BARRELL, b. 08 Jun 1789, Kington, Herefordshire, England d. 1872, Kensington Registration District (Age 82 years)5. George BARRELL, b. 04 Aug1792, Kington, Herefordshire, England d. 16 Jul 1852, Kington, Herefordshire, England (Age 60 years)+ 6. John BARRELL, b. 4 Oct 1795, Kington, Herefordshire, England d. 26 Jun 1865, Brentford, Middlesex, England (Age 69 years)7. William Henry BARRELL, b. 12 Aug 1798, Leominster, Herefordshire, England d. 02 May 1871, Kington, Herefordshire, England (Age 72 years)Family ID F2524 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2015
Family 2 Mary DEYKES, b. 8 Dec 1772, Of the Island Kington, Herefordshire, England d. 1840, Kington, Herefordshire, England (Age 67 years) Marriage 08 Dec 1805 Kington, Herefordshire, England Children + 1. Mary Ann BARRELL, b. 21 Jun 1808, Kington, Herefordshire, England d. 1891, Colchester , Essex, England (Age 82 years)2. Thomas BARRELL, b. 1812, Kington, Herefordshire, England Family ID F2545 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 6 Sep 2015
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Event Map 
Birth - 8 Mar 1755 - Clodock, Herefordshire, England 
Christening - 10 Apr 1755 - Clodock, Herefordshire, England 
Marriage - 02 Jan 1780 - Leominster, Herefordshire, England 
Marriage - 08 Dec 1805 - Kington, Herefordshire, England Death - 29 Jul 1824 - Kington, Herefordshire, England 
Burial - 1 Aug 1824 - Kington Churchyard, Kington, Herefordshire, England = Link to Google Earth
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Church of St Clodock (clydog church)
SO 32 NW LONGTOWN CP CLODOCK
6/75 Church of St Clodock
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Parish church. C12 nave, C13 chancel, C15 west tower, minor C19 restoration. Sandstone rubble with Welsh slate roof. West tower, nave with south porch,chancel. West tower: three stages with embattled parapet; square-headed light to ground stage, square-headed loop to middle stage and window with two trefoil-headed lights to bell stage. Nave: south side: 2-light traceried window to left, cusped semi-circular headed light, square-headed window with three trefoiled-ogee headed lights and easternmost window, with three pointed lights to right of south porch, possibly dating from C13 (RCHM) with plain outer doorway, inner two-centred arch-headed doorway with chamfered jambs;
two semi-circular headed Norman windows survive in north wall of nave. Chancel: square-headed 2-light window to right of slightly semi-circular headed doorway;
between the present door and window are traces of a former lancet window; a C13 lancet window survives in north wall. C13 east window of three pointed lights. Interior: late C12 wide 2-centred chancel arch of two chamfered orders, scalloped capitals to shafts. Arch-braced roof with seven C16 moulded tie-beams to nave, similar arch-braced roof to chancel, roof ceiled with C19 boarding throughout. Fittings: C13 font with curved circular bowl, round shaft and base. West gallery and staircase c1700, with turned balusters, C17 box pews with panelled sides and some with dates. Three-decker pulpit with sounding board cl700. Late C17 communion rail, three sided with turned balusters in chancel. Monuments in nave near pulpit a slab with funerary inscription ascribed to C9. There are also remains of paintings on north wall of nave and several other miscellaneous chests and tables. (RCHM Vol I, p 179-180; BoE, p 103).
Listing NGR: SO3264627513
St Marys Church Kington, Herefordshire
“KINGTON is a market town and parish, delightfully situated and embosomed in a fertile valley on the borders of Radnorshire, and almost surrounded by water, having the river Arrow (which is famous for its superior trout) on the south side, and the Bach brook on the north and east sides. The town is intersected by the main roads leading from Hereford to Aberystwith, Hay to Presteigne, and Radnor to Leominster, and is distant 14 miles W. of Leominster, 20 N.W. by W. of Hereford, 14 N.E. of Hay, 30 N. by N.E. of Brecon, 7 S. of Presteigne, 6½ E. by S.E. of Radnor, 9 W. by N.W. of Weobley, 6 W. of Pembridge, 60 E. of Aberystwith, 21 from Llandrindod, and 152 by road and 168 by rail W. by N.W. of London.”
“THE PARISH OF KINGTON comprises an area of 8,313 acres; and is divided into five townships, viz., Old Kington; New Kington; Upper and Lower Hergest; Barton, Bradnor, and Rushock; Pember's Oak, Chickward, and Lilwall. It is situate in the hundred of Huntington, and is the head of a union, county court district, polling district; and petty sessional division. The town consists of four well-built streets, which contain several good shops, two excellent hotels, and several respectable inns. The spirit of improvement has of late years much animated the inhabitants, many new houses having been erected, and old projections taken down; and the whole town has assumed a more regular, uniform, and modern appearance. The houses are chiefly built with stone, from the Hergest, Bradnor, and other quarries in the neighbourhood.”
“HISTORY, GOVERNMENT, ETC.-The name of this town is written in, ancient documents in several different ways, as Chingtune, Kingstown, Kyngton, Kynton, Kinton, Kineton, Keighton, and Kington; the latter of which, and the most usual at present, is the correct one, having been given to it in honour of King Edward the Confessor, who obtained possession of property in the district in the 11th century. A celebrated writer has conjectured that the town derived its original name, Keynton, from Keya or Kine, signifying cattle, or cows - that is, the place of sale for them.”
See copy held of “The History of Kington (1845)” by Richard Parry
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Notes - Any burials before 1862 were in the churchyard but only a few remain, none of which appear to be a Barrell. “The History of Kington” 1845 by Richard Parry (facsimile copy held)
Quoting from Parry:
“Between the walk leading from the western gate to the south entrance of the church, and the gable-end wall of the edifice itself, are tombs and gravestones erected to the memory of the following persons [one enters this church by the south door, and the western Gate is for foot traffic only – the car entrance being on the eastern side];-
“Elizabeth Barrell died in August 1802, aged 46 years.”
“James Barrell (first printer in Kington) died July 29th, 1824 aged 70. James his son died the 31st of January, 1824, aged 40.”
James was, as mentioned above, the first printer at Kington in Herefordshire, England. In a tiny diary which belonged to Jemima Barrell there was a memorandum: “Thurs 23rd Nov 1801 Rec. of the Rev. Mr. Williams, the sum of Ten Pounds for printing 600 Sermons”
“The first book ever to be printed in Kington would appear to be the earliest attempt to provide a one-volume history of Herefordshire. Its full title is “Introductory Sketches towards a Topographical History of the County of Herefordshire”, and its author was the Rev. John Lodge. What makes it of great local interest is the fact that it was printed in Kington by James Barrel (1754-1824), the town’s first printer. Copies of the book, octavo in size, of viii and 210 pages, published at Kington in 1793, are today great rarities, and for a small town printer of his day Barrel made a fine job of printing it”. (Source: “Literary Kington” by Bob Jenkins) (facsimile copy held by LCH)
- Any burials before 1862 were in the churchyard but only a few remain, none of which appear to be a Barrell. “The History of Kington” 1845 by Richard Parry (facsimile copy held)