Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RUSHCLIFFE

RUSHCLIFFE, a wapentake in the S of Notts; cut into two divisions, N and S; and containing 11 parishes and parts of 2 others in the N div., and 16 in the S div. Acres, 21, 593 and 22, 340. Pop. in 1851, 6, 243 and 6,034; in 1861, 11, 777. Houses, 2, 630.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Nottinghamshire AncC
Place: Rushcliffe

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