Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Meriden

Meriden, par. and vil., Warwickshire, 5½ m. NW. of Coventry, 3010 ac., pop. 837; P.O., T.O.; has remains of an ancient cross, once regarded as marking the centre of England; Meriden Hall and Meriden House are seats.


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

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

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