Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOKE-ALBANY

STOKE-ALBANY, a parish, with a village, in the district of Market-Harborough and county of Northampton; 2¼ miles S of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 5 E by N of Market-Harborough. Post town, Market-Harborough. Acres, 1,661. Real property, £2,903. Pop., 344. Houses, 83. The property is chiefly divided among four. S. House is the seat of R. B. Humfrey, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £250.* Patron, G. L. Watson. The church is ancient but good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £19.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stoke Albany Parish       Northamptonshire Ancient County
Place: Stoke Albany

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