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Quainton (or Quinton), par., township, and vil. (ry. stations Quainton and Quainton Road), Bucks - par., 5346 ac., pop. 865; township, 3805 ac., pop. 804; vil., 6½ miles NW. of Aylesbury; P.O., called Queynton; Quainton Hill is famous for its fossils.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "parish, township, and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Quainton CP/AP Buckinghamshire AncC |
Place names: | QUAINTON | QUAINTON OR QUINTON | QUEYNTON | QUINTON |
Place: | Quainton |
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