Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DEWSLAND

DEWSLAND, a hundred in Pembroke; on the coast northward and north-eastward from St. Bride's bay; and containing twenty-one parishes. Acres, 65, 244. Pop., 10, 452. Houses, 2, 324.


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

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Pembrokeshire Ancient County
Place: Dewisland

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