Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOWDENSHIRE

HOWDENSHIRE, a wapentake in E. R. Yorkshire; bounded, on the W and the S, by the river Ouse; and containing Howden parish, two other parishes, and parts of two others. Acres, 30, 342. Pop., 8, 108. Houses, 1, 751.


(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: Yorkshire AncC
Place: Howden

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