Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AMOUNDERNESS

AMOUNDERNESS, a hundred in Lancashire. It extends from the coast to Yorkshire; and contains Fleetwood, Garstang, and parts of Lancaster and Ribchester. Acres, 175,528. Pop. in 1851, 43,702; in 1861, 47,716. Houses, 8,581.


(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: Lancashire AncC
Place: Amounderness

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