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GIDDING (Steeple), a parish in the district and county of Huntingdon; on Alconbury brook, 7 miles S by W of Stilton, and 7 SW by S of Holme r. station. Post town, Hamerton, under St. Neots. Acres, 1, 091. Real property, £1, 226. Pop., 118. Houses, 21. The property is all in one estate. The manor belonged formerly to the Cottons, and belongs now to J. Heathcote, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £199. Patron, J. Heathcote, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and has a spire; and contains monuments of the Cottons.
(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: | Steeple Gidding Parish Huntingdonshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | GIDDING | GIDDING STEEPLE | STEEPLE GIDDING |
| Place: | Steeple Gidding |
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