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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
8:51PM

Tetworth Huntingdonshire Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

DateWednesday, July 22

TETWORTH, with Everton, a parish, in the union of St. Neot’s, hundred of Toseland, county of Huntingdon, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Potton; containing, exclusively of Everton, which is in Biggleswade hundred, Bedfordshire, 235 inhabitants. The appropriate tithes have been commuted for £205, and the vicarial for £70.—See Everton.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

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Saturday, April 4, 2009
3:37PM

Abbotsley Huntingdon Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845

DateSaturday, April 4

ABBOTSLEY (ST. MARGARET), a parish, in the union of ST. NEOT’S, hundred of TOSELAND, county of HUNTINGDON, 4 ½ miles (S. E.) from St. Neot’s ; containing 443 inhabitants. It comprises about 1700 acres, and is bounded by a brook formed by the draining of the adjacent lands, and which, passing onward between , three and four miles, discharges itself into the river Ouse at St. Neot’s. The pillow-lace manufacture affords employment to the female population.

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Monday, March 30, 2009
8:57PM

Needingworth Huntingdon Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

DateMonday, March 30

NEEDINGWORTH, a village in Holywell parish, Huntingdon; 2 miles ENE of St. Ives. It is neatly built; and has a post-office under St. Ives, Huntingdon, a large Baptist chapel, built in 1861, and a parochial school, formerly a dissenting chapel. Sir Ambrose Nicholas, lord-mayor of London in 1576, was a native.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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Chesterton Huntingdonshire Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870

DateMonday, March 30

CHESTERTON, a parish in the district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; on the verge of the county, and on Ermine-street and the river Nen, 2 ½ miles SE of Castor r. station, and 5 ½ SW of Peterborough. Post-town, Castor, under Peterborough. Acres, 1,330. Real property, £2,447. Pop., 129. Houses, 22. The manor belonged to the Bevils, the Drydens, the Piggots, and the Wallers; and belongs now to the Marquis of Huntley. A single-ditched camp is at Castle-field. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Haddon, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £800. Patron, the Marquis of Huntley. The church is partly Norman, partly early English, in good condition; and has several ancient monuments.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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