Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Horton

Horton. par. and ry. sta., in co. and 6 miles SE. of Northampton, 2790 ac., pop. 78; birthplace of Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax (1661-1715), statesman and poet; contains the seat of Horton House.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Horton AP/CP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Horton

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