Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TOWER

TOWER, a division of Ossulstone hundred, in Middlesex; forming a great E section of the metropolis; and containing 17 parishes. Acres, 9,515. Pop. in 1851, 537,139; in 1861, 647,845. Houses, 88,310.


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

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Feature Description: "a division of Ossulstone hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Middlesex Ancient County

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