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HARROWDEN (GREAT), a village and a parish in Wellingborough district, Northampton. The village stands adjacent to the Bedford and Leicester railway, 2 miles N of Wellingborough; and has a post office under Wellingborough. The parish comprises 1, 415 acres. Real property, £2, 118. Pop., 125. Houses, 25. All the property, with Harrowden House, belongs to the Wentworth Fitzwilliam family. The living is a Vicarage, united with the vicarage of Little Harrowden, in the diocese of Peterborongh. Value, £575. * Patron, the Hon. G. Wentworth Fitzwilliam. The church is good, has a square tower, and contains a brass of 1423. There is a subscription school.
(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: | Great Harrowden Parish Wellingborough Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | GREAT HARROWDEN | HARROWDEN | HARROWDEN GREAT |
| Place: | Great Harrowden |
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