Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Grosmont

Grosmont.-- par. and vil., in co. and 10 miles NW. of Monmouth, 6838 ac., pop. 700; P.O.; under Graig Hill are the ruins of Grosmont Castle, once the favourite residence of the Dukes of Lancaster.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Grosmont AP/CP       Monmouthshire AncC
Place: Grosmont

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