Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ASTROP

ASTROP, a hamlet in Kings-Sutton and Newbottle parishes, Northampton; near the river Cherwell, 6 miles W of Brackley. Pop., 224. A mineral spring here, called St. Rumbald's well, was formerly much frequented for cutaneous diseases. Astrop Hall is the seat of E. Cunliffe, Esq.


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

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Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Astrop

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