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EYE, a parish in Peterborough district, Northampton; adjacent to Catswater, and to the Peterborough and Lynn railway, 3¼ miles N of Peterborough. It has a post office under Peterborough, and a r. station. Acres, 2, 670. Real property, £6, 410. Pop., , 375. Houses, 329. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £312.* Patron, the Bishop of P. The church was rebuilt in 1846, and has a lofty spire of 1862. There are two Methodist chapels and a national school. .
(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: | Eye Parish Peterborough Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Eye |
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