Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cherhill

Cherhill, par., N. Wilts, 3 miles SE. of Calne, 1817 ac., pop. 290; P.O. On the side of a chalk hill is the figure of a horse, cut in the turf, 127 ft. long, and visible 20 or 30 miles.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cherhill Ch/CP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Cherhill

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