Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GEORGE

GEORGE, a hundred in Dorset; in the Dorchester division. It contains Broadmayne parish, and five other parishes. Acres, 16, 520. Pop., 2, 987. Houses, 553.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC
Place: George

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