A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ASHBY (Cold), a parish in Brixworth district, Northampton; 3½ miles S of Welford, and 5 SE of Stanford-Hall r. station. Post Town, Welford under Rugby. Acres, 1,940. Real property, £4,090. Pop., 446. Houses, 104. The property is subdivided. The place is a meet for the Pytchley hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £230. Patron, the Rev. W. Mousley. The church is tolerable; and contains tombs of the Langhams. A school has £23 from endowment, and other charities £20. Richard Knolles, born in 1543, the author of a History of the Turks, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Cold Ashby AP/CP Brixworth RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place names: | ASHBY | ASHBY COLD | COLD ASHBY |
| Place: | Cold Ashby |
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