Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FRESHWELL

FRESHWELL, a hundred in Essex; bounded by Uttlesford and Hinckford hundreds, and by Suffolk and Cambridgeshire; and containing Ashdon parish and nine other parishes. Acres, 28, 121. Pop., 7, 568. Houses, 1, 680.


(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: Essex AncC
Place: Freshwell

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