We could not match "HACKETSTOWN" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 16 possible matches we have found for you:

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• You have just searched a list of the main towns, villages and localities of Britain which we have kept as simple as possible. It is based on a much more detailed list of legally defined administrative units: counties, districts, parishes, wapentakes and so on. This is the real heart of our system, and you may be better off directly searching it. There are no units called "HACKETSTOWN" (excluding any that have already been grouped into the places you have already searched), but administrative unit searches can be narrowed by area and type, and broadened using wild cards and "sound-alike" matching:
  
  



• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "HACKETSTOWN":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  CARLOW	Carlow	Hacketstown, which has a penny post; the post-town of Clonegal, and part of that of Newtownbarry; and the ancient	Lewis:Ireland
  CLONMORE	Carlow	Hacketstown, on the road from Tullow to Hacketstown and Tinahely; containing 2244 inhabitants. It comprises 26,210 statute acres, of which	Lewis:Ireland
  DONARD	Wicklow	Hacketstown runs through the village. The surrounding scenery is of a strikingly bold and romantic character. Donard House is the residence	Lewis:Ireland
  Hacketstown	Carlow	Hacketstown , vil., co. Carlow, and par., partly also in co. Wicklow -- par., 11,617 ac., pop. 2500; vil., on river	Bartholomew
  HACKETSTOWN	Carlow	Hacketstown and Moyne, and parts of Haroldstown, Clonmore, and Kiltegan; and containing chapels at Hacketstown, Killamote, and Knockanana. Near the church	Lewis:Ireland
  Hacketstown House	Dublin	Hacketstown House , seat, 1 mile S. of Skerries, N. co. Dublin.	Bartholomew
  Haroldstown	Carlow	Haroldstown , par., N. co. Carlow, 2 miles SW. of Hacketstown, 2833 ac., pop. 334.	Bartholomew
  HAROLDSTOWN	Carlow	Hacketstown, on the road to Carlow; containing 838 inhabitants. It comprises 2778 statute acres, of which about 200 are bog, 1000 arable	Lewis:Ireland
  High Park	Wicklow	High Park , seat, W. CO. Wicklow, 3 miles N. of Hacketstown.	Bartholomew
  HOLMPATRICK	Dublin	Hacketstown, the property of J. H. Hamilton, Esq., proprietor of the parish, and now the residence of his agent. There	Lewis:Ireland
  Kilmacart	Carlow	Kilmacart , seat, near Hacketstown, NE. co. Carlow.	Bartholomew
  KILRANELAGH	Wicklow	Hacketstown; containing 1831 inhabitants. It comprises 4293 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act, of which 1053 are mountain	Lewis:Ireland
  KILTEGAN	Wicklow	Hacketstown, on the road to Baltinglass; containing 3815 inhabitants, of which number, 136 are in the village. This parish comprises	Lewis:Ireland
  MOYNE	Wicklow	Hacketstown. The only house of importance is Coolballintaggart, the seat of A. Tate, Esq., a handsome mansion with a front	Lewis:Ireland
  RATHVILLY	Carlow	Hacketstown. On the townland of Waterstown is a rude stone cross, seven feet high, where the parish church is supposed	Lewis:Ireland
  TEMPLETRINE	Cork	Hacketstown, containing respectively 100, 200, and 300 acres each; they extend in parallel directions to the sea, and were granted	Lewis:Ireland

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