Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHALK

CHALK, a hundred in Wilts. It lies around BroadChalk, and contains seven parishes and part of another. Acres, 24,832. Pop., 3,493. Houses, 733.


(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: Wiltshire AncC
Place: Chalk

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