Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for DRAKELOW

DRAKELOW, a township in Church-Gresley parish, Derby; on the river Trent and the Grand Trunk canal, 1½ mile SW by S of Burton-upon-Trent. Real property, £2, 491. Pop., 85. Houses, 11. Drakelow Hall is the seat of Sir T. Gresley, Bart.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Church Gresley CP/AP       Drakelow CP/Tn       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Drakelow

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