Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for QUEENHILL

QUEENHILL, a hamlet and a chapelry in Ripple parish, Worcester. The hamlet lies adjacent to the river Severn, 2½ miles S S E of Upton r. station. Acres, 730. Real property, £1, 315. Pop., 106. Houses, 23. The chapelry includes also the hamlet of Hold fast, and comprises 1, 380 acres. Post-town, Upton-on-Severn. Real property, £2, 278. Pop., 196. Houses, 46. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Ripple, in the diocese of Worcester. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Queenhill CP/Ch       Ripple Tn/AP/CP       Worcestershire AncC
Place: Queenhill

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