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Glaston Twelve Hides  Somerset

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Glaston Twelve Hides like this:

GLASTON-TWELVE-HIDES, a hundred in Somerset; in the heart of the county, between the Polden and the Mendip hills. It contains Baltonsborough parish, and five other parishes. Acres, 16, 555. Pop., 3, 834. Houses, 815.

Additional information about this locality is available for Glastonbury

Glaston Twelve Hides through time

Glaston Twelve Hides is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Glaston Twelve Hides itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glaston Twelve Hides, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25706

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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