Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GILES (St.)

GILES (St.), a parish and a sub-district in Reading district, Berks. The parish comprises Whitley hamlet and part of the borough of Reading. Acres, 2, 538. Real property, £32, 892; of which £870 are in gas-works. Pop. in 1851, 8, 456; in 1861, 10, 200. Houses, 2, 030. Pop. of the part in Reading borough in 1851, 7, 817; in 1861, 9, 456. Houses, 1,877. The increase of pop. was caused mainly by the extension of railway communication. See Reading. The sub-district is conterminate with the parish.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Reading St Giles CP/AP       St Giles SubD       Reading RegD/PLU       Berkshire AncC
Place names: GILES ST     |     ST GILES
Place: Reading

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