A vision of Britain through time
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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.
LAXTON, or Lexington, a village and a parish in Southwell district, Notts. The village stands 3½ miles SW by S of Tuxford r. station; has a postal pillar under Newark; and gave the title of Baron to the Suttons. The parish contains also the hamlet of Moorhouse, and comprises 3, 610 acres. Real property, £4, 157. Pop., 61 3. Houses, 121. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Earl Manvers. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lincoln. Value, £224.* Patron, Earl Manvers. The church is ancient; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower; was recently restored; and contains some old monuments. A chapel of ease, a beautiful small edifice of 1861, is in Moorhouse. There are chapels for Independents and Primitive Methodists, a school built by Lord Manvers in 1859, and charities £8. Bishop Chappell was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Laxton CP/AP Southwell RegD/PLU Nottinghamshire AncC |
| Place names: | LAXTON | LAXTON OR LEXINGTON | LEXINGTON |
| Place: | Laxton |
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