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Title: A topographical dictionary of the United Kingdom, containing every city, town, village, hamlet, parish, district, object and place in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the small islands dependent
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: Capper, Benjamin Pitts
Subjects: Great Britain
Publisher: London G.B. Whittaker
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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e. 7 miles W.from Markct-Ra sin, and 143 from Lon-don ; cont. 52 houses and 372 inhab. Theliving is a vicarage, value 8/. in the patron-age of the dean and chapter of Lincoln. Glentworth, a parish in the hundredof Aslacoe, and Lindsay division, Line. 7m. E. from Gainsborough, and 144 fromLondon ; containing 45 houses and 275 inhabitants. It is a vicarage, value 11. 17sed. with Spital chapel annexed. Glinton, a parish in the hund. of Nassaburgh, Norts. 5; m. N. from Peterborough,and 87 from London ; containing 74 hou-ses and 372 inhab. The church is a curacy. Glooston, a parish in the hund. of Gar-tree, Leic. 4§m. fromMarket-Harborough,and 87 from London ; cont. 35 houses and142 inhabitants. It is a rectory, value 8/. Glororum, a hamlet in the parish andward of Bamborough, Northumberland. 21miles from Belford, and 324 from London ;containing 9 houses and 46 inhabitants. Glossop, a parish in the hund. of High-Peak, Derby. 8 m. N. from Chapel-en-le-Fritb, and 175 from London: containing
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GLO ENGLAND AND WALES. GLO 917 houses and 1351 inhabitants, of whom169 familiesare employed in various trades,&c. It is a vicarage, value 12/. 185. Id. Gloucester-hill, a hamlet to the pa-rish of Warksworth, Morpeth ward, Nor-thumb. IT m. from Morpeth, and 302 fromLondon; cont. 5 houses and 31 inhabitants. Gloucester, a city, and the metropo-lis of Gloucestershire, situated on the eastbank of the river Severn, in the hundredof Dudston and Barton-Regis, 8 m. S.S.W.from Tewksbury, and 104 W. by S. fromLondon ; containing 10 parishes, 1732 hou-ses, and J714 inhabitants, viz. 4534 malesand 5210 females, of whom 455 familiesare returned as being employed in tradeand manufactures, particularly those ofpin-making, wool-stapling, rope-making,and malting. The value of the pins sentweekly to London is estimated at 20,000Z.This city is very ancient, and was knownto the Britons by the name of Caer-Clovi ;the Romans called it Glenn, and settled acolony here. The Saxons named it Gleau-cehre, fr

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