Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SAWTRY

SAWTRY, a village and a sub-district in the district and county of Huntingdon. The village stands 3¼ miles S W of Holme r. station, and 9 N N W of Huntingdon; and has a post-office under Peterborough.—The sub-district contains the two Sawtry parishes, 5 other parishes, and the Sawtry extra-parochial tract. Acres, 15, 628. Pop., 2, 329. Houses, 494.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Sawtry CP       Huntingdon RegD/PLU       Huntingdonshire AncC
Place: Sawtry

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