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Unit Name Type of Unit Containing Unit (and Type) LAXTON Manor HOWDEN AP/CP (Parish-level Unit)
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Place name County Entry Source HOWDEN Yorkshire Laxton, Metham, Balkholme, Belby, and Thorpe. Acres, 16, 292. Real property, £34, 424. Pop., 5, 209. Houses, 1, 119. The living Imperial Laxton Yorkshire Laxton , township and vil., Howden par., East-Riding Yorkshire - township, 1119 ac., pop. 238; vil., 3½ miles SE. of Howden Bartholomew Laxton Northamptonshire Laxton .-- par., Northamptonshire, 6 miles SE. of Uppingham, 1370 ac., pop. 100; contains Laxton Hall , seat of Lord Carberry. Bartholomew LAXTON Yorkshire LAXTON , a village, a township, and a chapelry in Howden parish, E. R. Yorkshire. The village stands near the river Imperial LAXTON Northamptonshire LAXTON , a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Northampton; near the river Welland at the boundary with Imperial Laxton (or Lexington) Nottinghamshire Laxton (or Lexington ), par. and vil., Notts - par., 3610ac., pop. 483; vil., 3½ m. SW. of Tuxford; P.O. Bartholomew LAXTON, or Lexington Nottinghamshire LAXTON , or Lexington, a village and a parish in Southwell district, Notts. The village stands 3½ miles SW by S of Tuxford Imperial Lexington Nottinghamshire Lexington , par., Notts. See LAXTON. Bartholomew LINCOLN Lincolnshire
NottinghamshireLaxton, Marnham, Normanton, South Scarle, Sutton, Thorney, and Weston; and the p. curacies of Coddington, Harby, Langford, Ossington, Girton, and Besthorpe Imperial MOORHOUSE Nottinghamshire MOORHOUSE , a hamlet in Laxton parish, Notts; 3¼ miles SSE of Tuxford. Pop., 77. Imperial NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, or Northampton Northamptonshire Laxton Hall, Lilford Hall, Overstone Park, Peterborough Palace, Watford Court, Ashby Lodge, Courteenhall Hall, East Carlton Hall, Horton Hall, Milton Imperial OUNDLE Northamptonshire Laxton, lord mayor of London; is united with an alms-house for seven men, also founded by Sir W. Laxton Imperial SHEPRETH Cambridgeshire Laxtons and others, to the Layers; and belongs now to B. H. Wortham, Esq. Dockwra and Tyrrel manors belong to W. R. Woodham Imperial
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