Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COKEHILL

COKEHILL, a hamlet in Inkberrow parish, Worcester; adjacent to the boundary with Warwick, 4½ miles W of Alcester. A small nunnery was founded here, in 1260, by Isabella, Countess of Warwick; and some traces of it exist.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Inkberrow AP/CP       Worcestershire AncC
Place: Cookhill

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