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"KING'S CLIFFE, (or Cliffe Regis), a parish in the hundred of Willybrook, in the county of Northampton, 6 miles N. of Oundle. Wansford is its post town. It is situated on a branch of the river Nen, and contains the extra-parochial district of Spa Lodge. Its Saxon name was Cyingesclive, and the manor still belongs to the crown. The village, which is still considerable, was once a market town. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £525, in the patronage of the Earl of Westmoreland. The charities produce about £500 per annum, being chiefly the endowment of Hutcheson's free school and Thorpe's almshouses. This village was the birthplace of Law, the Non juror, and author of the "Serious Call."[From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868). Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Extract for King's Cliffe from Kelly's 1890 Trade Directory
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"KING'S CLIFFE, (or Cliffe Regis), a parish in the hundred of Willybrook, in the county of Northampton, 6 miles N. of Oundle. Wansford is its post town. It is situated on a branch of the river Nen, and contains the extra-parochial district of Spa Lodge. Its Saxon name was Cyingesclive, and the manor still belongs to the crown. The village, which is still considerable, was once a market town. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £525, in the patronage of the Earl of Westmoreland. The charities produce about £500 per annum, being chiefly the endowment of Hutcheson's free school and Thorpe's almshouses. This village was the birthplace of Law, the Non juror, and author of the "Serious Call."
"WESTHAY, a hamlet in the parish of King's Cliffe, county Northampton, 1 mile N. of King's Cliffe."
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