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.
WITTON, a parish in St. Ives district, Hunts; 2½ miles W by N of St. Ives r. station. Post town, Huntingdon. Acres, 1,690. Real property, £2,282. Pop., 311. Houses, 60. The manor belongs to the Duke of Manchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £610.* Patron, the Duke of Manchester. The church was restored in 1865. Charles Fox was married in the church; and Horne Tooke resided some years in the parsonage.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wyton AP/CP Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place: | Wyton |
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