[2] It was created under the Local Government Act 1888 and took over many of the powers that had previously been exercised by the Hereford Quarter Sessions.

[3] The first elections to Herefordshire County Council took place on 17 January 1889.

[4] The first Chairman of the County Council was Andrew Rouse Boughton-Knight and the first clerk to the council was John Frederick Symonds.

[5] It was replaced in 1974 by Hereford and Worcester County Council.

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