Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHITSTONE

WHITSTONE, a hundred in the centre of Gloucester; containing 16 parishes; and cut into two divisions, lower and upper. Acres, 12,364 and 14,612. Pop. in 1851, 9,104 and 4,656; in 1861, 13,786. Houses, 3,073.


(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: Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Whitstone

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