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Appendix B. Places in England and Wales affected by the Counties (Detached Parts) Acts 1844

The following is an alphabetical list of those places affected by the Counties (Detached Parts) Act 1844. By this Act many detached parts of Counties were deemed "for all purposes" to be part of the County in which they are locally situate. Column 1 lists the name of each place affected. Column 2 lists the type of place (i.e. parish, hamlet, chapelry etc.). Column 3 lists the County which the place was deemed to be part of following the implemenation of the Act. Column 4 lists the County of the place prior to the passing of the Act.

Place name                      Description of place         Post-1844 County  Pre-1844 County

Ackhamstead (Moor & Finnemoor)  part of Lewknor parish       Buckinghamshire   Oxfordshire
Alstone                         Hamlet in Overbury parish    Gloucestershire   Worcestershire
Ancroft                         Parochial chapelry           Northumberland    Durham
Bedlington                      Parish                       Northumberland    Durham
Beerhall                        Tything in Axminster parish  Dorset            Devon
Belford, part of                Parish                       Northumberland    Durham
Boycott                         Hamlet                       Buckinghamshire   Oxfordshire
Bridgerule, part of             Parish                       Devon             Cornwall
Broad Hinton                    Liberty in Hurst Par. Chap.  Berkshire         Wiltshire
Broom                           Parish                       Worcestershire    Staffordshire
Bwlch Trewyn                    Hamlet                       Monmouthshire     Herefordshire
Carreghova                      Township                     Montgomeryshire   Denbighshire
Caversfield                     Parish                       Oxfordshire       Buckinghamshire
Clent                           Parish                       Worcestershire    Staffordshire
Coleshill                       Hamlet                       Buckinghamshire   Hertfordshire
Craike                          Parish                       Yorkshire NR      Durham
Didnam                          Tything in Shinfield parish  Berkshire         Wiltshire
Farlow                          Chapelry                     Shropshire        Herefordshire
Farne Islands                   Extra-parochial              Northumberland    Durham
Glasbury, part of               Parish                       Brecknockshire    Radnorshire
Great Lemhill Farm              in Broughton Boggs parish    Gloucestershire   Oxfordshire
Halesowen, part of              Parish                       Worcestershire    Shropshire
Holwell                         Parish                       Dorset            Somerset
Holy Island                     Parish                       Northumberland    Durham
Iccomb, Part of                 Parish                       Gloucesterhsire   Worcestershire
Inglesham, part of              Parish                       Wiltshire         Berkshire
Kingswood                       Parish                       Gloucestershire   Wiltshire
Kyloe                           Parochial chapelry           Northumberland    Durham
Langford, part of               Parish                       Oxfordshire       Berkshire
Lea, part of                    Parish                       Herefordshire     Gloucestershire
Lillingstone Lovell             Parish                       Buckinghamshire   Oxfordshire
Little Compton                  Parish                       Warwickshire      Gloucestershire
Little Faringdon                Tything                      Oxfordshire       Berkshire
Little Washbourne               Hamlet in Overbury parish    Gloucestershire   Worcestershire
Litton and Cascob, part of      Township                     Radnorshire       Herefordshire
Minty                           Parish                       Wiltshire         Gloucestershire
Monkhouse                       Extra-parochial              Northumberland    Durham
Moor & Finnemoor (Ackhamstead)  part of Lewknor parish       Buckinghamshire   Oxfordshire
Norham                          Parish                       Northumberland    Durham
North Ambersham                 Tything in Steep parish      Sussex            Hampshire
Oxenwood                        Tything in Shalbourn parish  Wiltshire         Berkshire
Poulton                         Parish                       Gloucestershire   Wiltshire
Rochford                        Parish                       Worcestershire    Herefordshire
Scropton, part of               Township                     Staffordshire     Derbyshire
Shenington                      Parish                       Oxfordshire       Gloucestershire
Shilton                         Parish                       Oxfordshire       Berkshire
Shinfield part of               Parish                       Berkshire         Wiltshire
South Ambersham                 Tything in Steep parish      Sussex            Hampshire
Stockland                       Parish                       Devon             Dorset
Studley                         Hamlet                       Oxfordshire       Buckinghamshire
Stutridge and Cadmoor End       part of Lewknor parish       Oxfordshire       Buckinghamshire
Sutton-under-Brailes            Parish                       Warwickshire      Gloucestershire
Swallowfield, part of           Parish                       Berkshire         Wiltshire
Thorncombe                      Parish                       Dorset            Devon
Tutnall and Cobley              Township                     Worcestershire    Warwickshire
Tweedmouth                      Parochial chapelry           Northumberland    Durham
Vaultersholme                   Tything                      Cornwall          Devon
Welsh Bicknor                   Parish                       Herefordshire     Monmouthshire
Widford                         Parish                       Oxfordshire       Gloucestershire
Wokingham, part of              Parish                       Berkshire         Wiltshire

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