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Great Paxton, Huntingdonshire, England. Geographical and Historical information from 1835.

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GREAT PAXTON:
Geographical and Historical information from the year 1835.

[Transcribed information from A Topographical Dictionary of England - Samuel Lewis - 1835]
(unless otherwise stated)

"GREAT PAXTON, a parish in the hundred of TOSELAND, county of HUNTINGDON, 3 miles (N. B. by N.) from St. Neot's, containing 250 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacies of Little Paxton and Toseland, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £ 16. 2. 11., and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The river Ouse bounds the parish on the west."

[Description(s) transcribed by Mel Lockie ©2010]