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.
WOLLASTON, a parish, with a village, in Wellingborough district, Northampton; on the river Nen and on the Northampton and Peterborough railway, 2½ miles SSW of Wellingborough r. station. It has a post-office under Wellingborough. Acres, 3,640. Real property, £6,451. Pop. in 1851, 1,261; in 1861, 1,443. Houses, 306. The manor belongs to the trustees of the late Major Hill. The living is a vicarage, united with Irchester, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £440.* Patron, the Rev. T. Wood. The church is early English and cruciform, and has a central tower and spire. There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £22.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Wollaston AP/CP Wellingborough RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Wollaston |
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