A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
WOODFORD, a parish, with a village, in Thrapston district, Northampton; 2½ miles SW by W of Thrapston r. station. It has a post-office under Thrapston. Acres, 1,750. Real property, £4,194. Pop. in 1851,726; in 1861,912. Houses, 207. The increase of pop. arose from extension of shoe manufacture. The property is subdivided. W. Lodge is the seat of Lient.-Gen. the Hon.G. Arbuthnot. Ironstone is quarried; and Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £497.* Patron, Lord St. John. The church was recently restored, and has a tower and spire. There are a Baptist chapel, national schools, and charities £86.
(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: | Woodford CP/AP Thrapston RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Woodford |
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