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EGLETON, a parish in Oakham district, Rutland; on an affluent of the river Gwash; near the Syston and Peterborough railway, 1¾ mile SE of Oakham. Post town, Oakham. Acres, 1, 450. Real property, £1, 667. Pop., 131. Houses, 34. The manor belongs to the Earl of Winchelsea. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Oakham, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is a restored portion of a very large ancient edifice, which had a guild for masses.
(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: | Egleton Ch/CP Oakham RegD/PLU Rutland AncC |
Place: | Egleton |
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