Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KNIGHTLOW

KNIGHTLOW, a hundred in Warwickshire; crossed by Watling street, the Fosse way, and the river Avon; and cut into the divisions of Kenilworth, Kirby, Rugby, and Southam. Acres, 181, 916. Pop. in 1851, 80, 104; in 1861, 83, 858. Houses, 17, 794.


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

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Warwickshire AncC
Place: Knightlow

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