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Thrapston, market town and par. with ry. sta., Northamptonshire, on river Nen, 8¼ miles SW. of Oundle and 21 miles NE. of Northampton, 990 ac., pop. 1366; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. Thrapston had a ruined hermitage in the time of Henry VIII. It possesses a considerable trade by means of the Nen.
(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: | Thrapston Parish Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Thrapston |
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