Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PETERBOROUGH, or Nassaburgh

PETERBOROUGH, or Nassaburgh, a hundred in the N E of Northampton; containing Peterborough parish, twenty-five other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 49, 525. Pop. in 1851, 18, 347; in 1861, 21, 287. Houses, 4, 404.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Northamptonshire AncC
Place names: NASSABURGH     |     PETERBOROUGH     |     PETERBOROUGH OR NASSABURGH
Place: Peterborough

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