Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hempstead

Hempstead, par. and vil., E. Gloucestershire, on river Severn - par., partly in Gloucester city, 1311 ac. (including South Hamlet), pop. 714; pop. of city part, 317; vil., 2 miles SW. of Gloucester; in vicinity is the seat of Hempstead Court.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hempsted Parish       Gloucestershire Ancient County
Place: Hempsted

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