Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Baldock

Baldock, par. and town with ry. sta., NW. Herts, 5 m. NE. of Hitchin and 37 m. N. of London, 261 ac., pop. 2326; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Friday. The town has trade in corn and malt, and mfrs. of straw-plait.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Baldock CP/AP       Hertfordshire AncC
Place: Baldock

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