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Towcester.-- market town and par. with ry. sta., Northamptonshire, on river Tove, 8½ miles SW. of Northampton, 2790 ac., pop. 2834; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Tuesday. Towcester occupies the site of a Roman station, and was an important place in Saxon times. Of its walls, raised in the reign of Edward the Elder, some faint traces remain. Shoe-making and the mfr. of pillow-lace are carried on.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Towcester Parish Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Towcester |
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