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BROCKWEAR, or Brooks-Weir, a village, on extra-parochial ground, contiguous to Havelsfield parish, in Gloucestershire; on the river Wye, 6 miles N of Chepstow. Pop., 212. Here are a Moravian chapel, built in 1832; and remains of an ancient camp.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Gloucestershire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BROCKWEAR | BROCKWEAR OR BROOKS WEIR | BROOKS WEIR |
| Place: | Brockweir |
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