Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WEEDON-LOYS

WEEDON-LOYS, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Towcester district, Northampton; 7 miles N by S of Towcester r. station. It has a post-office under Towcester. Acres, 1,050. Real property, £3,217. Pop., 555. Houses, 131. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500.* Patron, Kings College, Cambridge. The church is ancient but good. There are a Baptist chapel, a Church 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 and two hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Weedon Lois Parish       Towcester Poor Law Union/Registration District       Northamptonshire Ancient County
Place: Weedon Lois

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