Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOLCOT

HOLCOT, a village and a parish in Brixworth district, Northampton. The village stands near an affluent of the river Nen, 3 miles E of Spratton r. station and 3½ SE of Brixworth; and has a postal letter box under Northampton. The parish comprises 1, 670 acres. Real property, £2, 824. Pop., 517. Houses, 116. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £396.* Patron, the Rev. R. Montgomery. The church is ancient but good, and has a small neat tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £27.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Holcot AP/CP       Brixworth RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Holcot

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