Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOUGHTON (GREAT)

HOUGHTON (GREAT), a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; near the river Nen and the Northampton and Peterborough railway, 2¾ miles ESE of Northampton. Post town, Northampton. Acres, 1, 783. Real property, £4, 646. Pop., 365. Houses, 78. The property is divided among a few. Great Houghton Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £620. * Patron, Mag dalen College, Oxford. The church is an edifice in the Italian style. Charities, £4.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Great Houghton Parish       Hardingstone Poor Law Union/Registration District       Northamptonshire Ancient County
Place names: GREAT HOUGHTON     |     HOUGHTON     |     HOUGHTON GREAT
Place: Great Houghton

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