Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BLAXTON, or Blakestone

BLAXTON, or Blakestone, a township in Finningley parish, W. R. Yorkshire; 5 miles NE of Bawtry. Acres, 1,640. Real property, £2,702. Pop., 153. Houses, 32.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Yorkshire AncC
Place names: BLAKESTONE     |     BLAXTON     |     BLAXTON OR BLAKESTONE
Place: Blaxton

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