In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Paston like this:
PASTON, a village and a parish in Peterborough district, Northampton. The village stands near the Great Northern and the Midland railways, 1 mile E of Walton r. station, and 2½ N of Peterborough; and was known to the Saxons as Pastun. The parish contains also the hamlets of Gunthorpe, Walton, and Werrington; the last of which has a post-office under Peterborough. ...
Acres, 3, 150. Real property, £7,032. Pop., 1,071. Houses, 241. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to the Bishop of Peterborough and M. Cole, Esq. Paston Hall also belongs to Mr. Cole, but isoccupied by W. Jelly, Esq., M. D. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £644.* Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is later English, with transition-Norman and early English tower and spire; and comprises nave, aisles, and chancel. There are a chapel of ease and a Wesleyan chapel at Werrington, a Primitive Methodist and a national school, alms-houses with £20 a year, and other charities £22, at Paston.
Paston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Paston, in Peterborough and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8116
Date accessed: 16th April 2024
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