Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for YELLING

YELLING, a parish, with a village, in the district of Caxton and county of Huntingdon; 4¾ miles ENE of St. Neots r. station. Post town, Buckden, under Huntingdon. Acres, 1,670. Real property, £1,964. Pop., 414. Houses, 79. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £260.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there are a Baptist chapel and a national school. H. Venn was rector.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Yelling Parish       Huntingdonshire Ancient County
Place: Yelling

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