Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SLAPTON

SLAPTON, a parish, with a village, in Towcester district, Northampton; 3¾ miles WSW of Towcester, and 7½ SW of Blisworth r. station. Post town, Towcester. Acres, 930. Real property, £1,090. Pop., 240. Houses, 50. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £116. Patron, the Rev. T.Welch. The church is in mixed architecture; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Slapton CP/AP       Towcester RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Slapton

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