A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WESTWOOD PARK, an extra-parochial tract in Droitwich district, Worcester; 3 miles WNW of Droitwich. Acres, 1,380. Pop., 22. Houses, 4. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here, in the time of Richard II.; became a cell to Fontevrault abbey in France; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Packingtons. W. P. House was built in 1590, and is now the seat of the Right Hon. Sir J. S. Packington, Bart. The "Sir Roger de Coverley" of Addison was Sir Herbert Packington; and the writer of the "Whole Duty of Man," jointly with Bishop Fell, was a Lady Packington.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial tract" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Droitwich RegD/PLU Worcestershire AncC |
| Place: | Westwood |
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