Haywood is a civil parish in Herefordshire, England, and south-west of Hereford. Parish population at the 2011 census was 216. There are no substantial settlements, however, it is home to one of the largest poultry farms in Great Britain.
The Hay of Hereford was a Royal forest in the early Middle Ages.* See Appendix, p225 It was granted by Empress Matilda to Milo of Gloucester when she created him Earl of Hereford. See Appendix, p242 and p67 The woodlands can be seen on Saxton's 1577 map of Herefordshire.Map linked from Forests and Chases of England and Wales, c. 1000 to c. 1850: An Inventory of Early Maps and Plans
Haywood was officially outside of any parish in the mid-1800s.'Hayle - Hazon', in A Topographical Dictionary of England, ed. Samuel Lewis (London, 1848), pp. 454-456 [accessed 26 August 2015].
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