Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GALLOW

GALLOW, a hundred in Norfolk; between the hundreds of North Greenhoe and Launditch, in the NW part of the county. It contains thirty-one parishes. Acres, 44, 292. Pop. in 1851, 9, 955; in 1861, 10, 024. Houses, 2, 100.


(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: Norfolk AncC
Place: Gallow

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