A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ISLANDSHIRE, a sub-district and a hundred in Northumberland. The sub-district is in Berwick district, and contains the parishes of Kyloe, Holy-Island, and Ancroft. Acres, 26, 791. Pop., 4, 052. Houses, 727.-The hundred includes all the sub-district, also the Fern Islands, and parts of the parishes of Tweedmouth and Belford; and, previous to the annexations of detached tracts by the act of 7 and 8 Vict. c. 61, it belonged to Durham. Acres, 33, 776. Pop., 4, 980. Houses, 908.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a sub-district and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Islandshire |
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