A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CASTLE-THORPE, a parish in Newport-Pagnell district, Bucks; on the verge of the county, the river Tove, and the Northwestern railway, 2¼ miles NNW of Wolverton r. station, and 3½ NNE of Stony-Stratford. It has a post office under Stony-Stratford. Acres, 1,380. Real property, £2,844. Pop., 338. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few, but belongs chiefly to Lord Carrington. The ancient castle of the barony of Hanslope stood here, but is represented now by only a deep ditch and an artificial mound. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Hanslope, in the diocese of Oxford. The church is an old edifice, with low square tower; and has a monument of Judge Tyrrell, of the time of Charles II.
(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: | Castlethorpe CP/Ch Newport Pagnell RegD/PLU Buckinghamshire AncC |
| Place: | Castlethorpe |
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