Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OUSE and DERWENT

OUSE and DERWENT, a wapentake in the W of E. R. Yorkshire; bounded, on the S and the W, by the river Ouse, on the E, by the river Derwent; and containing Dunnington parish, ten other parishes, and parts of three others. Acres, 54, 129. Pop. in 1851, 10, 811; in 1861, 11, 844. Houses, 2, 350.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Ouse and Derwent

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