A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
Stapleton, par. and local government dist. (ry. sta. Stapleton Road), Gloucestershire, on NE. side and within theparl. limits of Bristol, 2554 ac., pop. 10,833; was the birthplace of Hannah More (1745-1833), novelist and essayist. The residence of the bishops of Gloucester once stood here; the building now forms a boarding-school.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish and local government district" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Stapleton CP/AP Gloucestershire AncC |
| Place: | Stapleton |
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