Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARLICHWAY

BARLICHWAY, a hundred in Warwickshire; bounded on the W by Worcester, on the S by Gloucester, and on the central E by the river Avon. It contains 36 parishes or chapelries; and is cut into the four divisions of Alcester, Henley, Snitterfield, and Stratford. Acres, 110,679. Pop. in 1851, 28,448; in 1861, 25,604. Houses, 5,623.


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

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Warwickshire AncC
Place: Barlinchway

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