Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hanwell

Hanwell.-- par., township, and vil. with ry. sta., Middlesex, on river Brent, 7 miles W. of London -- par., 1283 ac., pop. 7316; township, 1067 ac., pop. 5178; P.O., T.O.; in vicinity is the Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum, known as Hanwell Asylum; here also is the seat of Hanwell Park.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hanwell St Mary CP/AP       Middlesex AncC
Place: Hanwell

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