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BODDINGTON, or Bodington, a parish in the district of Banbury and county of Northampton; near the Oxford canal, 3½ miles E by N of Fenny-Compton r. station, and 9 SW of Daventry. It includes the villages of Lower and Upper Boddington; and has a post office, of the name of Boddington, under Daventry. Acres, 3,770. Real property, £6,265. Pop., 724. Houses, 161. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £757.* Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church is handsome. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and charities £47.
(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: | Boddington Parish Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BODDINGTON | BODDINGTON OR BODINGTON | BODINGTON |
| Place: | Boddington |
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