William Anthony Brazier, married Barbara A. Bayliss, at St John's Church, Pencombe, Bromyard, Herefordshire, on the 14th October, 1972.

Left to Right:- Bridesmaid, Shirley Elizabeth Brazier [Alfred and Sybil's daughter and the sister of the groom Tony Brazier]; Alfred Eric Brazier and Sybil Joyce (Whittall) Brazier [Groom's parents]; best man, Roger Wood; the bride and groom, William Anthony Brazier and Barbara A. Bayliss; bridesmaid, Joanne Roberts [Raymond and Pauline Roberts daughter]; Doris Winifred (Hayward) Bayliss and Benjamin John Bayilss [Bride's parents] and bridesmaid, Mary Edith Bayliss [Ben and Doris's daughter and the sister of the bride Barbara Bayliss].

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1863

Extract from Kelly's Directory of Herefordshire, 1863

PENCOMBE is a parish and village, 4 miles west from Bromyard (its post town), 6 west from Dinmore railway station, and 11 from Hereford, in Broxash hundred, Bromyard union and county court district, Frome deanery, and Hereford archdeaconry and bishopric. The church (name not known) is a very ancient and remarkable building in the Norman style; the tower (of stone) was rebuilt in 1840, and contains 3 bells; it has nave, a chancel, apse, porch, an ancient font, and three modern tablets. The register dates from 1565. The living is a rectory, worth £490 yearly, with residence and 119 acres of glebe land, in the gift of John H. Arkwright, Esq., and held by the Rev. George Arkwright, M.A., of Oriel College, Oxford. There is a Sunday and Day school for boys and girls, supported by the rector. The Rectory House is very pleasantly situated, half a mile from the church. The population in 1861 was 415; the acreage is 3,955. The soil is clayey; the subsoil partly stone. John H. Arkwright, Esq., is lord of the manor and chief landowner. The chief crops are wheat, beans, oats, and clover. A court leet is held at the Court-house once in three years; and by an ancient custom the lord of the manor claims a pair of gilt spurs when a mayor of Hereford dies while in office.

PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
George Arkwright Rev., M.A., Rectory
Robert Burroughes Rev., M.A. [curate]
Mrs. Jordan, Copyland

COMMERCIAL.
Thomas Banford, wheelwright
Benjamin Bishop, farmer, Pencombe mill
William Britten, farmer, Upper Egdon
John Cotton, farmer, Gasbadge
Samuel Crockett, farmer, Baldhurst
William Goode, farmer, Court house
John Griffiths, farmer, The Nash
John Grosvenor, farmer, Fishpool
Ann Gurney (Mrs.), shopkeeper
James Gurney, blacksmith
George Harris, farmer, New house
Henry Herring, farmer, Day house
Benjamin Jones, beer retailer
Charles Lawrence, beer retailer
William Mapp, Huntsman inn
Edmund Mason, farmer, Brook house
Nicholas Mason, farmer, Betterley hyde
Nicholas John, farmer, Little Hegdon
Richard Oliver, farmer, Banstone
William Parker, farmer, Upper Sidnal
Thomas Perry, shoemaker
Charles Taylor, farmer, Wootton
John Turville, blacksmith
Richard Williams, farmer, Marsh court
William Wilson, farmer, Grendon court
John Winney, farmer, Maidenhide

GRENDON WARREN is an extra-parochial place, sometimes returned as a parish, and which contained a population in 1861 of 33; the area is 635 acres.

MARSTON CHAPEL, or Marston Stannett, is a chapelry and small hamlet, 6 miles east from Leominster market town and railway station, 17 from Hereford, and 6 from Bromyard, in Broxash hundred, and Bromyard union; it is situated about midway on the old turnpike road from Leominster to Bromyard. The living is a perpetual curacy, worth £80 yearly, with 40 acres of glebe land, in the gift of the rector of the parish of Pencombe, and is held by the Rev. Henry Cooper. The population in 1861 was 29; the acreage is 520. The soil is a stiff clay; the subsoil is marl. John H. Arkwright, Esq., is lord of the manor and Thomas Davies and John Wood Esqrs., are chief landowners.
Parish Clerk, Richard Hall.

COMMERCIAL.
Daniel Brassingtol, farmer
Joseph Holloway, farmer
Day School, Miss Emma Cox, mistress
Letters through Bromyard, which is the nearest money order office.