Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ETTON

ETTON, a parish in Peterborough district, Northampton; near the Helpstone station of the Peterborough and Stamford railway, 6¼ miles NNW of Peterborough. It contains the hamlet of Woodcroft; and its post town is Helpstone, under Market-Deeping. Acres, 1, 270. Real property, £2, 065. Pop., 160. Houses, 30. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £398. Patron, Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam. The church is ancient, and was recently repaired.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Etton CP/AP       Peterborough RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Etton

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