In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Parsons Green like this:
PARSONS GREEN, a hamlet in Fulham parish, Middlesex; on the river Thames, ½ a mile E of Fulham. Sir T. Bodley resided here in 1605-9; Lord Bacon, at Vaughan's, in 1621; Richardson, at Pitt's Place; and Addison, at Sandy-End.
Parsons Green through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Parsons Green has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Hammersmith and Fulham. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Parsons Green and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Parsons Green, in Hammersmith and Fulham and Middlesex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21048
Date accessed: 23rd May 2013
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