Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HIGHWOOD-HILL

HIGHWOOD-HILL, a hamlet near Hendon, in Middlesex. It has a post office under Hendon, London NW. A mansion here was the seat of Lord William Russell, the patriot, Mrs Porter, the actress, and Lady Raffles; and was also the residence and death place of William Wilberforce.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Middlesex AncC
Place: Highwood Hill

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