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MORLESTON AND LITCHURCH, a hundred in Derby; bounded, on the N, by Scarsdale,-on the E, by the river Erewash, separating it from Notts,-on the S, by the river Trent, and by Repton and Gresley,-on the W, by Appletree; and containing Allestree parish, twenty-two other parishes, and parts of eight other parishes. Acres, 78,051. Pop. in 1851,45,639; in 1861, 57,563. Houses, 11,946.
(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: | Derbyshire AncC |
Place: | Morleston and Litchurch |
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