Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ankerwyke

Ankerwyke, estate, Wyrardisbury par., S. Bucks, on river Thames, 2 miles NW. of Staines. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here in the time of Henry II.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "estate"   (ADL Feature Type: "land parcels")
Administrative units: Wyrardisbury Parish       Buckinghamshire Ancient County

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