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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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NORMANCROSS, a hamlet and a hundred in the N of Huntingdon. The hamlet lies on Ermine-street, 1 mile N by W of Stilton; was known to the Saxons as Northmannescros; had barracks for French prisoners during the war with France; and has a police station and sessions-house, erected in 1866-7, at a cost of £1, 164. The hundred contains Stilton parish, twenty-three other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 50, 321. Pop. in 1851, 11, 291; in 1861, 12, 324. Houses, 2, 598.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place names: | NORMANCROSS | NORTHMANNESCROS |
| Place: | Norman Cross |
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