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.
WILLYBROOK, a river and a hundred in the NE of Northampton. The river rises near Rockingham; runs 10 miles north-eastward to Kingscliffe; and goes thence 5 miles south-south-eastward to the Nen, near Fotheringhay. The hundred contains 14 parishes. Acres, 27,490. Pop., 6,995. Houses, 1,476.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a river and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "rivers") |
| Administrative units: | Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Willybrook |
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