Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SIXPENNY-HANDLEY

SIXPENNY-HANDLEY, a hundred in Shaston and Wimborne divisions, Dorset; containing 9 parishes. Acres, 12,001 and 5,928. Pop. in 1851, 3,435 and 1,229. Houses, 752 and 255.


(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: Sixpenny Handley

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