In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Collyweston like this:
COLLEY-WESTON, a parish in the district of Stamford, and county of Northampton; on the river Welland, at the boundary with Rutland, 1 mile SSE of Ketton r. station, and 3 ½ SW of Stamford. Post town, Duddington, under Stamford. Acres, 1, 690. Real property, £3, 297. Pop., 473. Houses, 104. The property is divided among a few. Slate is quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £252.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is of the 14th century, and good.
Collyweston through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Collyweston in East Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7668
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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