"This county is situated in the province of Canterbury, in the diocese
of Salisbury, and contains 29 hundreds, one city, 15 boroughs, and 10 other
market-towns. On the north and west side of it lies Gloucestershire; its
western boundary is Somersetshire; Dorsetshire confines its southern extremity;
and Hampshire and Berkshire inclose it on the east. Its extreme length is
54 miles, and breadth 34, and its area measures about 878,000 acres." from Imperial Gazatteer of England & Wales, 1866-9
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