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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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PIDDINGTON, a village and a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Nen, near Salcey forest, 3½ miles E N E of Roade r. station, and 5¼ S E by S of Northampton; and has a post-office under Northampton. The parish contains also the hamlet of Hackleton, and comprises 1, 980 acres. Real property, £4,075. Pop., 1, 102. Houses, 238. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Overstone. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Horton, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is good, and has a lofty spire. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a national school, and charities £27.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Piddington CP/Ch Hardingstone RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Piddington |
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