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.
ALCONBURY, or Alkmundbury, a parish in the district and county of Huntingdon; on Alconbury brook, near Ermine-street and the Eastern Counties railway, 5 miles NW of Huntingdon. It has a post office under Huntingdon, and a fair on 24 June. Acres, 3,700. Real property, £5,087. Pop., 909. Houses, 200. Alconbury Lodge is the chief residence. Alconbury hill commands a fine view. Alconbury brook rises on the confines of Northamptonshire, and runs about 3 miles south-eastward to the Ouse at Huntingdon. The living includes Alconbury-Weston, and is a vicarage in the diocese of Elv. Value, £162.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Alconbury CP/AP Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place names: | ALCONBURY | ALCONBURY OR ALKMUNDBURY | ALKMUNDBURY |
| Place: | Alconbury |
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