Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SWINESHEAD

SWINESHEAD, a parish in St. Neots district, Hunts; 3 miles SW of Kimbolton r. station. Post town, Kimbolton, under St. Neots. Acres, 1,330. Real property, £1,759. Pop., 275. houses, 61. The manor belongs to the Duke of Manchester. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £300. Patron, the Duke of Manchester. The church is good, and has a spire.


(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: Swineshead AP/CP
Place: Swineshead

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