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Horton.-- par. and vil., SE. Bucks, on river Colne, 3½ miles SE. of Eton, 1367 ac., pop. 861; P.O.; the church contains the tomb of Milton's mother, and here, at the manor, the poet wrote several of his works.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Horton Parish Buckinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Horton |
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