Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GLASTON-TWELVE-HIDES

GLASTON-TWELVE-HIDES, a hundred in Somerset; in the heart of the county, between the Polden and the Mendip hills. It contains Baltonsborough parish, and five other parishes. Acres, 16, 555. Pop., 3, 834. Houses, 815.


(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: Somerset AncC
Place: Glaston Twelve Hides

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