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ELTON, a parish in Bingham district, Notts; on the Nottingham and Grantham railway, near the boundary with Leicestershire and near the Grantham canal, 5 miles ESE of Bingham. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham. Acres, 980. Real property, £1, 171. Pop., 94. Houses, 13. The property is all in one estate. Elton House is the seat of W. F. N. Norton, Esq. The parish is a meet for the Belvoir hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £286.* Patron, W. F. N. Norton, Esq. The church is old but good.
(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: | Elton Parish Bingham Poor Law Union/Registration District Nottinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Elton |
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