Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BILLING (Little)

BILLING (Little), a parish in the district and county of Northampton; on the river Nen, adjacent to Billing Road r. station, 3 miles E by N of Northampton. Post Town, Great Billing, under Northampton. Acres, 856. Real property, £1,839. Pop., 76. Houses, 16. The manor belonged to the Longuevilles; and their seat on it is now a farmhouse. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £349.* Patron, Earl Brownlow. The church has a curious old font.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Little Billing CP/AP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place names: BILLING     |     BILLING LITTLE     |     LITTLE BILLING
Place: Little Billing

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