Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CROWTHORN

CROWTHORN, a hundred in Gloucester; around Cirencester, and contiguous to Wilts. It contains eighteen parishes and part of another. Acres, 32, 612. Pop., 6, 259. Houses, 1, 392.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Crownthorne and Minety

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