A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
BOWDEN (Great), or Bowden-Magna, a village and a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester. The village stands on the Union canal, the river Welland, and the Northwestern railway, 1 mile NE of MarketHarborough; and has a post office, of the name of Great Bowden, under Rugby.—The parish includes also the town and chapelry of Market-Harborough. Acres, 3,120. Real property, £9,681. Pop., 3,697. Houses, 777. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £86. Patron, Christ's Church College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are charities £47. The p. curacy of Market-Harborough is a separate benefice.
(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: | Great Bowden CP/AP Market Harborough RegD/PLU Leicestershire AncC |
| Place names: | BOWDEN | BOWDEN GREAT | BOWDEN GREAT OR BOWDEN MAGNA | BOWDEN MAGNA | GREAT BOWDEN |
| Place: | Great Bowden |
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