Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GRAFTON-UNDERWOOD

GRAFTON-UNDERWOOD, a parish in Kettering district, Northampton; 4 miles ENE of Kettering town and r. station. Post town, Kettering. Acres, 2, 050. Real property, £1, 871. Pop. . 294. Houses, 59. The manor belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £260.* Patron, Lord Lyveden. The church has a spire, and contains monuments to the Earl of Ossory and the ladies Fitzpatrick. There are a free school, and charities £16.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Grafton Underwood Parish       Kettering Poor Law Union/Registration District       Northamptonshire Ancient County
Place: Grafton Underwood

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