Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TOWER OF LONDON

TOWER OF LONDON, an extra-parochial place, a royal palace and fortress, in Whitechapel district, Middlesex; 1 mile ESE of St. Paul's, London. Pop. in 1851, 954; in 1861, 783. Houses, 44. See London.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an extra-parochial place, a royal palace and fortress"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Whitechapel RegD/PLU/PLPar       Middlesex AncC
Place: Tower of London

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