Rebuilding of this church began around 1280 and went well into the 14th century. There was later restoration in 1880. Prominant names include Burrell; Pates Hall and Scudamore Lechmere of Fownhope.

late 19th century font

The windows in the nave are memorials for the Rev. P.M. Symmonds; Eliza Bent, Co;. Henry Evan Pateshall and Elizabeth Symonds and her sister

Edmund Pateshall, 2nd son of Scudamore Lechmere of Fownhope, died 4th November 1790 aged 42

The Pateshall family lived at Allensmore Court for many years.

Other monuments in Allensmore church include two to Arnold Burrell who died 1787 and to Mary Burrell who died 1815; a 14th century slab set in the floor dedicated to Sir Andrw Herl and his wife Joan; a monument for Mary Berrow who died 1775, along with other members of her family.

If your ancestral research has taken you back to 1605 and includes the name Alice Wellington, then the following will be of special interest to you! In May of that year Alice Wellington, a Catholic and excommunicate from the Church of England, died; the vicar of the time at St. Andrews was Richard Heyns and he refused to bury her much to the anger of many of the locals. What followed became known as “The Herefordshire Commotion”, when the very cross locals gathered en masse and interred Alice in the graveyard themselves. It seems that there was a great deal of violence involved both at the time, and during the following weeks, and many arrests were made. Eventually things did die down, but the episode is recorded for all time.