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EVENLY, a parish in Brackley district, Northampton; on the river Ouse, adjacent to Bucks, 1 mile S of Brackley r. station. It has a post office under Brack-ley. Acres, 3, 104. Real property, £4, 194. Pop., 525. Houses, 116. The property is divided among a few. Part of the land is common. Evenly Hall is the seat of the Pierreponts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £182.* Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford. The church is ancient, cruciform, and tolerable. There is a free 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: | Brackley Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Evenley |
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