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.
CAMPTON, a village and a parish in Biggleswade district, Beds. The village stands on the river Ivel, 1¼ mile W of Shefford r. station, and 6 SW of Biggleswade; and has a post office under Biggleswade. The parish includes also the township of Shefford. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £4,406. Pop., 1,544. Houses, 327. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the p. curacy of Shefford, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £374.* Patron, Sir G. R. Osborn, Bart. Both churches are good; and the mother one has a brass of 1489. R. Blomfield, the poet, was buried here in 1823. There are a national school and charities £144.
(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: | Campton CP/AP Biggleswade RegD/PLU Bedfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Campton |
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