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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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PAXTON (Little), a parish, with a village, in St. Neots district, Hunts; on the river Ouse, 1¾ mile N by W of St. Neots r. station. It has a post-office under Huntingdon. Acres, 2,040. Real property, £2, 982. Pop., 247. Houses, 51. The manor belongs to Lord Overstone. Paxton Park is the seat of Sir W. Booth, Bart.; and Paxton Hall, of R. A. Reynolds, Esq. There are extensive paper mills. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Great Paxton, in the diocese of Ely. The church consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower; and contains memorials of the Reynoldses, and a monument to T. Throckmorton, Esq. There are a national school, and charities £36.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Little Paxton CP/Ch Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place names: | LITTLE PAXTON | PAXTON | PAXTON LITTLE |
| Place: | Little Paxton |
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