Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Havering-atte-Bower

Havering-atte-Bower, liberty, par., and vil., S. Essex, near Hainault Forest, 3 miles NE. of Romford - liberty, 16,301 ac., pop. 12,311; par., 2093 ac., pop. 437; P.O., T.O., called Havering; has some traces of a royal palace in which Edward the Confessor resided.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "liberty"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Havering Atte Bower CP/Wrd       Essex AncC
Place names: HAVERING     |     HAVERING ATTE BOWER
Place: Havering

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