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PAXTON (Great), a parish, with a village, in St. Neots district, Hunts; on the river Ouse and the Great Northern railway, 2 miles S S W of Offord r. station, and 3 N N E of St. Neots. Post-town, Buckden, under Huntingdon. Acres, 1, 120. Real property, £2,039. Pop., 411. Houses, 81. Paxton-Hill House is the seat of E. Towgood, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacies of Little Paxton and Toseland, in the diocese of Ely. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £8.
(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: | Great Paxton AP/CP Huntingdonshire AncC |
Place names: | GREAT PAXTON | PAXTON | PAXTON GREAT |
Place: | Great Paxton |
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