Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GIDDING (Steeple)

GIDDING (Steeple), a parish in the district and county of Huntingdon; on Alconbury brook, 7 miles S by W of Stilton, and 7 SW by S of Holme r. station. Post town, Hamerton, under St. Neots. Acres, 1, 091. Real property, £1, 226. Pop., 118. Houses, 21. The property is all in one estate. The manor belonged formerly to the Cottons, and belongs now to J. Heathcote, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £199. Patron, J. Heathcote, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and has a spire; and contains monuments of the Cottons.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Steeple Gidding CP/AP       Huntingdonshire AncC
Place names: GIDDING     |     GIDDING STEEPLE     |     STEEPLE GIDDING
Place: Steeple Gidding

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