Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ABINGTON-IN-THE-CLAY, or Abington-Pigotts

ABINGTON-IN-THE-CLAY, or Abington-Pigotts, a parish in Royston district, Cambridge; 5 miles NW of Royston, and 4 from Royston r. station. Post Town, Royston. Acres, 1,237. Real property, £2,206. Pop., 228. Houses, 41. The manor has been held by the family of Pigott since the Conquest. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £310.* Patron, M. G. F. Pigott, Esq. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Abington Pigotts AP/CP       Cambridgeshire AncC
Place names: ABINGTON IN THE CLAY     |     ABINGTON IN THE CLAY OR ABINGTON PIGOTTS     |     ABINGTON PIGOTTS
Place: Abington Pigotts

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