Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OVERSLEY

OVERSLEY, a hamlet in Arrow parish, Warwick; on the river Arrow, partly encompassing Alcester. Real property, £2, 674. Pop. in 1851, 337; in 1861, 295. Houses, 42 The Alcester workhouse is here; and, at the census of 1861, had 115 inmates.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Arrow AP/CP       Warwickshire AncC
Place: Oversley

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