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COTON, a parish in Chesterton district, Cambridgeshire; near the Bedford and Cambridge railway, 2¾ miles W of Cambridge. Post town, Cambridge. Acres, 1, 130. Real property, £1, 785. Pop., 311. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £213.* Patron, Catherine Hall, Cambridge. The church is Norman and early English; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and two porches with tower and spire; has the monument of Downes, the translator of the Apocrypha; and is good. Charities, £37.
(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: | Coton Parish Chesterton Poor Law Union/Registration District Cambridgeshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Coton |
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