Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Thrapston

Thrapston, market town and par. with ry. sta., Northamptonshire, on river Nen, 8¼ miles SW. of Oundle and 21 miles NE. of Northampton, 990 ac., pop. 1366; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. Thrapston had a ruined hermitage in the time of Henry VIII. It possesses a considerable trade by means of the Nen.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Thrapston AP/CP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Thrapston

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