Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AVELAND

AVELAND, a wapentake in the parts of Kesteven, Lincoln. It contains the parish of Aslackby and twenty-two other parishes. Acres, 47,012. Pop. in 1851, 10,782; in 1861, 11,868. Houses, 2,431.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a wapentake"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Aveland

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