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YELVERTOFT, a parish, with a village, in the district of Rugby and county of Northampton; on the Grand Union canal, 2½ miles S of Stanford-Hall r. station, and 7 E of Rugby. It has a post-office under Rugby. Acres, 2,080. Real property, £5,083. Pop., 631. Houses, 166. The land is chiefly pasture. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £487.* Patron, the Earl of Craven. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, a free school, and town land s £15.
(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: | Yelvertoft Parish Northamptonshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Yelvertoft |
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