Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ashwell

Ashwell.-- par., vil., and ry. sta., NE. Herts, 4½ miles NE. of Baldock, 4109 ac., pop. 1568; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Thursday. It contains remains of the Roman camp of Arbury, covering 12 ac. The vil. is 2 m. N. of ry. sta.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, village, and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ashwell CP/AP       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Ashwell

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