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FOXTON, a parish in Market-Harborough district, Leicester; on the Union canal, and on the Leicester and Bedford railway, 3 miles NW of Market-Harborough. Post town, Market-Harborough, under Rugby. Acres, 2, 020. Real property, £3, 878. Pop., 388. Houses, 94. The property is much subdivided. The surface is hilly and well wooded; and the soil is clayey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £128.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is very good; and there are a Baptist chapel, and charities £18.
(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: | Foxton Parish Market Harborough Poor Law Union/Registration District Leicestershire Ancient County |
| Place: | Foxton |
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