A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ELTON, a parish in the district of Ludlow and county of Hereford; near the boundary with Salop, 3¼ miles NW by W of Woofferton Junction r. station, and 4¾ SW of Ludlow. Post town, Wigmore, under Kingsland, Herefordshire. Acres, 1, 470. Real property, with Leinthall-Earls and Leinthall-Starkes, £3, 791. Pop., 108. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. Elton Hall is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Hereford. Valne, £145. Patron, the Rev. H. Cowdell. The church has a tower, a fine screen, and a noticeable font; and is old but good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Elton CP/Ch Herefordshire AncC |
| Place: | Elton |
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