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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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EASTON-NESTON, a parish in Towcester district, Northampton; on the river Tove, 1¼ mile ENE of Towcester r. station, and 3½ WSW of Roade. It contains Hulcote and Showsley; and its post town is Towcester. Acres, 1, 703. Real property, £3, 179. Pop., 160. Houses, 36. The property is all in one estate. Easton Hall is the seat of the Earl of Pomfret; was built partly by Sir Christopher Wren, but has been very much altered; and formerly contained a splendid collection of ancient marbles and pictures, given in 1755 to the University of Oxford. A Cistertian priory stood near Neen-wood, and has left some vestiges in a farm-house. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £151. Patron, the Earl of Pomfret. The church is ancient, with a tower; contains many curious monuments; and is good. There is a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Easton Neston CP/AP Towcester RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Easton Neston |
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