Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HORETHORNE

HORETHORNE, a hundred in Somerset; bounded by Dorset, and the hundreds of Norton-Ferris, Catsash, Stone, and Taunton. It contains four parishes. Acres, 23, 763. Pop., 7, 137. Houses, 1, 542.


(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: Somerset AncC
Place: Horethorne

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