A vision of Britain through time
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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.
EDDISBURY, a township and a hundred in Cheshire. The township is in Delamere parish, and lies in Delamere forest, 7½ miles SW of Northwich. Acres, 3, 890. Real property, £1, 634; of which £30 are in quarries. Pop., 228. Houses, 41. It was known to the Saxons as Eadersbyrig; it had a fortification belonging. to Ethelfleda, and now occupied by a lodge; and it gives the title of baron to the Stanleys of Alderley. -The hundred lies around the township; contains eleven parishes and parts of six others; and is cut into two divisions, East and West. Acres of the E. div., 46, 009; of the W. div., 46, 863. Pop. of both, 30, 339. Houses, 6, 135.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Delamere ExP/CP Eddisbury CP/Tn Cheshire AncC |
| Place names: | EADERSBYRIG | EDDISBURY |
| Place: | Eddisbury |
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