Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for OFFLOW (North and South)

OFFLOW (North and South), two hundreds in Staffordshire; bounded, on the N, by Derbyshire, on the E and the S E, by Derbyshire and Warwickshire, on the S W and the W, by the hundreds of Seisdon, Cuttlestone, and Pirehill. North O. contains Alrewas parish, fourteen other parishes, and parts of six other parishes. Acres, 72, 673. Pop. in 1851, 24, 918. Houses, 5, 207. South O. contains Aldridge parish, twenty other parishes, and parts of four others. Acres, 90, 660. Pop.in 1851, 136, 853. Houses, 26, 177. Pop. of both in 1861, 214, 246. Houses, 41, 875.


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

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Feature Description: "two hundreds"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Staffordshire AncC
Place: Offlow

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