Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWANBOROUGH

SWANBOROUGH, a hundred in the centre of Wilts; containing 20 parishes and a part. Acres, 45,916. Pop. in 1851, 10,204; in 1861, 9,653. Houses, 2,215.


(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: Swanborough

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