Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DEAN (East)

DEAN (East), a township in Westbury-on-Severn district, Gloucestershire; averagely 3 miles E of Newnham r. station, and 13 SW of Gloucester. It consists of the eastern part of Dean forest; and comprises Herbert's walk, Little Dean walk, and parts of Denby walk and Speech-House walk. Acres, 12, 487. Real property, £48, 253; of which £33, 080 were in mines, £205 in quarries, and £327 in railways. Pop., 9, 212. Houses, 1,896.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Westbury on Severn RegD/PLU       Gloucestershire AncC
Place names: DEAN     |     DEAN EAST     |     EAST DEAN
Place: East Dean

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