Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BLACKENHURST

BLACKENHURST, a hundred in Worcester; cut into two divisions, lower and upper. The lower division contains Abbots-Morton parish, two other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 6,889. The upper division contains Badsey parish and six other parishes. Acres, 9,673. Pop. of both, 3,643. Houses, 767.


(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: Worcestershire AncC
Place: Blackenhurst

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