Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CALCEWORTH

CALCEWORTH, a hundred or wapentake in the parts of Lindsey, Lincoln; cut into the divisions of marsh and wold. The marsh division contains Aby parish and twenty-three other parishes. Acres, 37,812. The wold division contains Alford parish, and fifteen other parishes. Acres, 26,248. Pop. of both, 13,972. Houses, 2,921.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hundred or wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Calcewaith

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