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WHITFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Brackley district, Northampton; 2½ miles NNE of Brackley r. station. It has a postal letter-box under Brackley. Acres, 1,210. Real property, £2,054. Pop., 265. Houses, 65. The manor belongs to Worcester college, Oxford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £258.* Patron, Worcester College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a partially endowed national school, and charities £33.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whitfield Parish Brackley Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Whitfield |
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