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STOWE-NINE-CHURCHES, or Church-Stowe, a parish, with a village, in Daventry district, Northampton; 1½ mile SSE of Weedon r. station, and 5½ SE of Daventry. Post town, Weedon. Acres, 1,865. Real property, £3,888. Pop., 353. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. A tramway of the Stowe Iron Ore Company goes through the village. There are remains of Roman camps. The parish is a meet for the Pytchley hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £705.* Patron, W. Gibbs, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1860, and is in the decorated style. There are a parochial school, and charities £24.
(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: | Stowe Nine Churches AP/CP Daventry RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
Place names: | CHURCH STOWE | STOWE NINE CHURCHES | STOWE NINE CHURCHES OR CHURCH STOWE |
Place: | Stowe Nine Churches |
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