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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 Poggs 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 Minety 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