Tresseck and Altbough are two farms just 500 metres apart to the north-west of Hoarwithy. Both names are originally Welsh. Bruce Coplestone-Crow, in 'Herefordshire Place names' suggests that Altbough was allt hill-slope and bwch - buck. The more obviously Welsh Tresseck may be tre + Isaac.
Originally two seperate settlements, they seem to have been grouped together for many years. In 1242 it was recorded that the commonalty of Trayhac and Attelgunt used to render to our lord the King 12 pence by the year.
| Altbough and Tresseck (then spelled Tresech) in the 1880s on the first edition OS map. |  |
| Tresseck Farm, Hoarwithy, between the World Wars. |  |
| Tresseck Farm with Tresseck Mill above on the Hentland tithe map. The spelling is the same as the modern one although in the 1880s it was 'Tresech'. |  |
| On the tithe map Altbough is actually in Little Dewchurch parish, an enclave of which lay with the Hoarwithy area of Hentland parish. Altbough was transferred to Hentland parish in the 1880s. |  |
The taxpayers of 'Altebough & Tresek' in 1525 were the following:-
| name | assessment |
|---|---|
| John Russell | 4 pounds |
| William Woodward | 4 pounds |
| Hugh Greene | 60 shillings |
| Thomas Black | 60 shillings |
| Watkin Swayne | 40 shillings |
| John Hythe | 20 shillings |
| Thomas Bennett | 53 shillings & 4 pence |
| John Woodward | 60 shillings |
| John Woodward junior | 40 shillings |
| John Roberts | 10 pounds |
| John Smyth | 500 shillings |
| John Roger | 60 shillings |