Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRADFORD (North)

BRADFORD (North), a hundred in Salop. It is cut into the three divisions,-Drayton, containing eight parishes and parts of two others; Wem, containing three parishes and part of another; and Whitchurch, also containing three parishes and part of another. Acres, 120,098. Pop., 27,279. Houses, 5,713.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Shropshire Ancient County
Place names: BRADFORD     |     BRADFORD NORTH     |     NORTH BRADFORD
Place: North Bradford

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