Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WORMWOOD, or Wormholt

WORMWOOD, or Wormholt, a common adjacent to the metropolis, in Middlesex; on the Paddington canal, at the intersection of the Great Western and North-western railways, 5¾ miles W by N of St. Paul's, London.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a common adjacent to the metropolis"   (ADL Feature Type: "parks")
Administrative units: Middlesex AncC
Place names: WORMHOLT     |     WORMWOOD     |     WORMWOOD OR WORMHOLT
Place: Wormwood Scrubs

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