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BUGBROOKE, a parish and a subdistrict in the district and county of Northampton. The parish lies on Watling-street, the Grand Junction canal, and the Northwestern railway, 3 miles SE of Weedon station, and 5½ WSW of Northampton; and has a post office under weedon. Acres, 2,420. Real property, £5,391. Pop., 935. Houses, 213. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value £741.* Patron, the Rev. J. H. Harrison, sen. The church is ancient; and has a screen and an octagonal font. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £20. The subdistrict contains six parishes. Acres, 9,545. Pop., 3,450. Houses, 765.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Bugbrooke Parish Bugbrooke Registration Sub-District Northampton Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Bugbrooke |
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