Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BROXASH

BROXASH, a hundred in Hereford. It extends south-south-westward, from the north-eastern boundary to Lugwardine; and contains Bromyard parish, and twenty-seven other parishes, and parts of two others. Acres, 58,995. Pop., 11,878. Houses, 2,433.


(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: Herefordshire AncC
Place: Broxash

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