Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHORWELSDOWN

WHORWELSDOWN, a hundred in the W of Wilts; containing 5 parishes and a part. Acres, 19,308. Pop., 5,505. Houses, 1,234.


(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: Wiltshire AncC
Place: Whorwellsdown

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