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CAUNTON, a parish in Southwell district, Notts; on an affluent of the river Trent, 5 miles SW of Carlton r. station, and 6 NW by N of Newark. It includes the hamlets of Knapthorpe, Beesthorpe, and Deanhall; and has a post office under Newark. Acres, 3,130. Real property, £3,845. Pop., 596. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. Beesthorpe Hall belongs to S. E. Bristowe, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £171. Patron, the Bishop of Ripon. The church is old and has a tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and a parochial 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: | Caunton Parish Southwell Poor Law Union/Registration District Nottinghamshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Caunton |
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