Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Holland, Parts of

Holland, Parts of, the low fen country in Lincolnshire, adjoining the sea-shore, from the Wash to the Humber, and extending northwards between the Wolds and the High Dyke, 314,159 ac., pop. 80,151; contains Boston and Spalding.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "low fen county"   (ADL Feature Type: "wetlands")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire Ancient County
Place names: HOLLAND     |     HOLLAND PARTS OF     |     PARTS OF HOLLAND
Place: Holland

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