Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DACORUM

DACORUM, a hundred in Herts; in detached pieces, contiguous to Middlesex and Bucks; and containing seventeen parishes and parts of four others. Acres, 75, 027. Pop. in 1851, 36, 249: in 1861, 38, 081. Houses, 7, 092.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Dacorum

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