Pontrilas
Welsh meaning pont / bridge over trilas / three rivers, due to the River Dore, the Dulas Brook and another stream meeting here. Originally the hamlet was called Elwistone but by 1750 it was renamed from the name of Pontrilas Court, once owned by the Baskerville family.
- The railway arrived in 1854 and the place became important as a cattle market and for industrial purposes. The railway yards were particularly busy during World War I, 1914–1918, and during World War II, 1939–1945, due to the munitions depot. The station closed in 1958.
- 19th–20th centuries it was said a person could buy anything here due to the mainline railway station.
- A local lady remembers her father sent her horse from here, in the train's luggage van, to her new home in Berkshire after she married.
Dulas
- has had two known Churches.
- Although the precise relationship between the Priories of Dulas and Ewyas Harold is unclear it appears from the cartulary (book of legal documents like charters and deeds) of Gloucester Abbey that the Priory of Dulas came first.
- The Church of St. Michael of Ewias at Dulas existed before 1115 when Harold of Ewias (see below) gave it with its lands and tithes and all things appertaining to Saint Peter's Benedictine Abbey of Gloucester to found a priory cell. Then for some reason, of perhaps security or control, it was gradually allowed to close and the Priory at Ewyas Harold was established nearer to the castle and perhaps the centre of population. The foundations of the 12th century Dulas Priory Church lie under the lawn of Dulas Court.
- By the 16th century the adjacent building was described as a hermitage. When this Church was demolished, one of its 12th century arches was re–erected as an entrance to the kitchen garden. The base and shaft of a churchyard cross remain on the site.
- The new Church built nearby in a medieval style in 1865 with 17th century woodwork, incorporated one of the bells from the old site. This Church was made redundant in 2008.
