Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WEST

WEST, a hundred near the centre of Cornwall; containing 19 parishes. Acres, 93,058. Pop. in 1851, 18,362; in 1861, 19,678. Houses, 3,873.


(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: Cornwall Ancient County
Place: the West

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