Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALSHCROFT

WALSHCROFT, a wapentake in the N of Lincoln; containing 23 parishes and a part; and cut into two divisions, N and S. Acres, 24,938 and 29,972. Pop. in 1851, 2,872 and 6,579; in 1861, 10,134. Houses, 2,099.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Walshcroft

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