Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BUCKROSE

BUCKROSE, a wapentake in E. R. Yorkshire. It is bounded on the N and the W, above and below New Molton, by the river Derwent; and contains twenty-eight parishes. Acres, 102,453. Pop. in 1851, 13,832; in 1861, 15,333. Houses, 2,977.


(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: Buckrose

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