Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for POWDER

POWDER, a hundred in the centre of Cornwall; formerly cut into two divisions, E and W; now cut intothree divisions, E, W, and Tywardreath: and containing St. Austell parish, and 37 other parishes. Acres, 143, 782. Pop. in 1851, 58, 261; in 1861, 60,024. Houses, 12, 296.


(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: Cornwall AncC
Place: Powder

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