Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORTHWICK

NORTHWICK, a hamlet in Blockley parish, Worcester; adjacent to Gloucestershire, 2½ miles N W of Moreton-in-the-Marsh. It gives the title of Baron to thefamily of Rushout. Real property, £1, 743. Northwick Park is the seat of Lord Northwick; contains many finepaintings; and has richly wooded grounds.


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

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Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Blockley AP/Tn/CP       Worcestershire AncC
Place: Northwick

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