Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHILFORD

CHILFORD, a hundred in Cambridge. It lies round Linton; adjoins Essex and Suffolk; and contains eleven parishes. Acres, 2, 935. Pop., 5, 776. Houses, 1, 217.


(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: Cambridgeshire AncC
Place: Chilford

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