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.
ROXTON, a village and a parish in the district and county of Bedford. The village stands near the river Ouse, 2½ miles N W of Tempsford r. station, and 4½ S S W of St. Neots; and has a post-office under St. Neots. The parish contains also the hamlets of Chawson and Colesdon. Acres, 2, 880. Real property, £5,095. Pop., 688. Houses, 146. The manor belongs to the Rev. R. Delap The manor-house is an ancient moated edifice, and is now a farm-house. R. House is the seat of T. Cranfield, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with Great Barford, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £288.* Patron, Trinity College, Cambridge. The church is ancient, and contains an altar-tomb of 1439. There are an Independent chapel and a national school.
(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: | Roxton CP/AP Bedfordshire AncC |
| Place: | Roxton |
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