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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Dacorum like this:
DACORUM, a hundred in Herts; in detached pieces, contiguous to Middlesex and Bucks; and containing seventeen parishes and parts of four others. Acres, 75, 027. Pop. in 1851, 36, 249: in 1861, 38, 081. Houses, 7, 092.
Dacorum is now part of DACORUM District. Click here for graphs and data of how DACORUM has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Dacorum itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Dacorum in Hertfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/17325
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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