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SAWTRY-ST. JUDITH, an extra-parochial tract in the district and county of Huntingdon; containing part of Sawtry village. Real property, £3, 177. Pop., 272. Houses, 56. A Cistertian abbey was founded here, in 1146, by Simon de St. Liz; and was given, at the dissolution, to the Cromwells.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "an extra-parochial tract" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Huntingdonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Sawtry |
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