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WATFORD, a parish in Daventry district, Northampton; on Watling-street, the Grand Union canal, and the Northwestern railway, at Crick r. station, 4¾ miles N NE of Daventry. It has a post-office under Rugby. Acres, 3,080. Real property, £7,276. Pop., 450. Houses, 100. The manor, with W. Court, belongs to Lord Henley. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £309.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a school, and an education charity £35.
(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: | Watford Parish Daventry Poor Law Union/Registration District Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Watford |
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