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BILLING (Great), a parish in the district and county of Northampton; near the river Nen, 1½ mile N of Billing Road r. station, and 4 ENE of Northampton. It has a post office under Northampton. Acres, 1,290. property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the O'Briens, Earls of Thomond; and belongs now to the Elweses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £495.* Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford The church is very-good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities £39. Sir J. Wake, the diplomatist of James I., was a native.
(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: | Billing Parish Great Billing Parish Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | BILLING | BILLING GREAT | GREAT BILLING |
| Place: | Great Billing |
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