Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAMERTON

HAMERTON, a village and a parish in the district and county of Huntingdon. The village stands on Alconbury brook, 9 miles NW of Huntingdon r. station; and has a post office under St. Neots. The parish comprises 2, 150 acres. Real property, £, 276. Pop., 167. Houses, 30. The property all belongs to S. Barry, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £445. Patron, S. Barry, Esq. The church is early English and very good; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and battlemented tower.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Hamerton CP/AP       Huntingdon RegD/PLU       Huntingdonshire AncC
Place: Hamerton

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