Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for KIFTSGATE

KIFTSGATE, a hundred in Gloucester; contiguous to Warwick and Worcester; cut into two divisions, lower and upper; and containing, in the l. div., nineteen parishes, -in the n. div., sixteen parishes, and parts of three others. Acres of the l. div., 45, 535. Pop. in 1851, 8, 038. Houses, 1, 695. Acres of the u. div., 36, 888. Pop. in 1851, 7, 366. Houses, 1, 553. Pop. of the whole, in 1861, 15, 533. Houses, 3, 428.


(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: Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Kiftsgate

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