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3 unusual facts about John Marius Wilson


Flemingston

The John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) states that the Flemingston parish was within the Bridgend district or Glamorgan.

Hayscastle

In 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales recorded a parish population of 297 and 62 houses and stated that it covered an area of 4,462 acres.

Weardley

In 1870-1872, John Marius Wilson wrote that Weardley was a village of 1080 acres.


Gayton, Staffordshire

Gayton was described in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales in 1870-72 like this: GAYTON, a parish in the district and county of Stafford; near the river Trent and the Grand Trunk canal, 1 mile NE of Weston r.

Gilcrux

The increase in population is explained by John Marius Wilson in his Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, the increase in residents was due to the extensions of coal mines in the area.

Rotherbridge

In 1872, John Marius Wilson, in The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales" described the Hundred of Rotherbridge as "a hundred in Arundel rape, Sussex, containing Barlavington parish and 11 other parishes.

Thurston, Suffolk

It is mentioned in John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales as a community with 2,200 acres of land, a population of 740 and 157 households.


see also

North Muskham

The most detailed account comes was written between 1870-72 by John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.