Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BIRMINGHAM

BIRMINGHAM, a division of Hemlingford hundred, Warwick. It takes name from the town of Birmingham, but does not include any of that town or borough; adjoins it on the E and NE; and contains five parishes and part of another. Acres, 24,281. Pop., 16,234. Houses, 3,216.


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

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Feature Description: "a division"   (ADL Feature Type: "locations")
Administrative units: Warwickshire AncC
Place: Birmingham

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