Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Islandshire

Islandshire, ward, Northumberland, 28,444 ac., pop. 3875; contains the Fern Islands, 3 pars., and parts of 2 others; formed at one time a detached part of Durham county.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ward"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Islandshire

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