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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CLIFFE (Kings), or Cliffe-Regis, a village and a parish in Oundle district, Northampton. The village stands on an affluent of the river Nen, 5½ miles W of Elton r. station, and 7 NNW of Oundle; has a post office‡ under Wansford; was once a market-town; and has still a fair on 29 Oct. The parish comprises 4, 460 acres. Real property, £4, 666. Pop., 1, 360. Houses, 298. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Exeter. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £700.* Patron, the Earl of Westmoreland. The church is cruciform, with central tower; and was restored in 1863. There are four dissenting chapels, two free schools, a national school, and alms-houses.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Kings Cliffe AP/CP Oundle RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place names: | CLIFFE | CLIFFE KINGS | CLIFFE KINGS OR CLIFFE REGIS | CLIFFE REGIS | KINGS CLIFFE |
| Place: | Kings Cliffe |
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