Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OVERS

OVERS, a hundred in the S of Salop; bounded, on the S, by Worcestershire; and containing Bitterley parish, and five other parishes. Acres, 9, 888. Pop. in 1851, 1, 485; in 1861, 2, 615. Houses, 522.


(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: Shropshire Ancient County
Place: Overs

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