Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BIRDLIP

BIRDLIP, a hamlet in Brimpsfield parish, Gloucestershire; near Whitcombe Park, 5½ miles SE by E of Gloucester. It is a meet for the Cheltenham hounds; and has fairs on 8 May and on the Tuesday before the second Thursday of Sept. Birdlip Hill, in the vicinity, is crossed by Ermine-street; and commands a noble view.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Brimpsfield AP/CP       Gloucestershire AncC
Place: Birdlip

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