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CONINGTON, a parish in the district and county of Huntingdon; near Ermine-street, 2¼ miles SW of Holm e r. station, and 2½ SSE of Stilton. It has a post office under Peterborough. Acres, 3, 089. Real property, £4, 740. Pop., 301. Houses, 57. The property is all in one estate. The manor belonged, in the time of Canute, to Torquil the Dane; was given, at the Conquest, to Waltheof, the Conqueror's nephew; and passed to David I., Earl of Huntingdon, the Bruces, the Wesenhams, and Cotton the antiquary. Conington House, a castellated mansion, is the seat of J. Heathcote, Esq. Conington fen is a drained tract in the east; and Conington round hill is one of the wonders of the county. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £508. Patron, J. Heathcote, Esq. The church is later English; has two chapels, a Norman font, a tablet to Prince David, and monuments of the Cottons; and is very good. Charities, £15.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Conington AP/CP Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place: | Conington |
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