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LIMEBROOK, a township in Wigmore parish, Hereford; near the river Lug, 4¼ miles ENE of Presteign. Pop., 178. An Augustinian nunnery was founded here, in the time of Richard I., by the Mortimers; and was given, at the dissolution, to John West and Robert Gratwick.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Wigmore AP/CP Herefordshire AncC |
Place: | Limebrook |
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