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WHISTON, a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; on the river Nen, 1¼ mile SW of Castle-Ashby r. station, and 6¾ E by S of Northampton. Post town, Northampton. Acres, 809. Real property, £1,640. Pop., 69. Houses, 14. Place House is alleged, but without any good evidence, to have been a residence of King John. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £250.* Patron, Lord Boston. The church is later English.
(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: | Whiston Parish Hardingstone Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Whiston |
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