Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Horton

Horton.-- par. and vil., SE. Bucks, on river Colne, 3½ miles SE. of Eton, 1367 ac., pop. 861; P.O.; the church contains the tomb of Milton's mother, and here, at the manor, the poet wrote several of his works.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Horton AP/CP       Buckinghamshire AncC
Place: Horton

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