Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BARFORD

BARFORD, a subdistrict and a hundred in beds. The subdistrict is in the district of Bedford; and contains the parish of Great Barford and four other parishes. Acres, 12,340. Pop., 3,100. Houses, 655.-The hundred includes the subdistrict and three other parishes; extends north-eastward from Bedford to Hunts; and is 11½ miles long and 4¼ broad. Acres, 24,770. Pop., 6,988. Houses, 1,460.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a subdistrict and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Bedfordshire AncC
Place: Barford

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