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SAWTRY, a village and a sub-district in the district and county of Huntingdon. The village stands 3¼ miles S W of Holme r. station, and 9 N N W of Huntingdon; and has a post-office under Peterborough.—The sub-district contains the two Sawtry parishes, 5 other parishes, and the Sawtry extra-parochial tract. Acres, 15, 628. Pop., 2, 329. Houses, 494.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sawtry Parish Huntingdon Poor Law Union/Registration District Huntingdonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Sawtry |
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