Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WALTON-ON-THE-WOLDS

WALTON-ON-THE-WOLDS, a parish in Barrow-upon-Soar district, Leicester; 2 miles NE of Barrow-upon-Soar r. station. Post town, Loughborough. Acres, 1,720. Real property, £2,087. Pop., 221. Houses, 57. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £450.* Patron, Mrs. Packe. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Walton on the Wolds CP/AP       Barrow upon Soar RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place: Walton on the Wolds

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