Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SPARKENHOE

SPARKENHOE, a hundred in the W of Leicester; containing 38 parishes, and parts of 3 others. Acres, 108,852. Pop. in 1851, 38,077; in 1861, 37,579. Houses, 8,213.


(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: Leicestershire AncC
Place: Sparkenhoe

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