A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
NEWTON-WOOD, a village and a parish in Oundle district, Northampton. The village stands on an affluent of the river Nen, 2½ miles W by N of Elton r. station, and 4 N of Oundle; and has a postal letter-box under Wansford. The parish comprises 1, 590 acres. Real property, £2, 594. Pop., 529. Houses, 111. The manor and much of the land belong to the Earl of Westmoreland. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £136. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is ancient; was long a chapel of ease to Nassington; was restored in 1862; and consists of nave, aisle, chancel, and S porch, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £30.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Oundle RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Woodnewton |
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