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.
PAPWORTH-ST. AGNES, a parish in the district of Caxton and counties of Cambridge and Huntingdon; 3¾ miles E S E of Offord r. station, and 4¼ N N W of Caxton. Post-town, Hilton, under St. Ives. Acres, 1, 290. Real property of the Cambridge portion, £1, 681. Pop., 121. Houses, 25. Real property of the Huntingdon portion, £148. Pop., 44. Houses, 8. The property is divided into five farms. The manor belonged anciently to the Russells; passed to the Papworths and the Mallorys; and, with Lattenbury-Hill House, belongs now to A. Sperling, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £400. Patron, A. Sperling, Esq. The church is decorated English, was restored in 1854, and has memorial windows of the Sperlings. There is a parochial 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: | Papworth St Agnes AP/CP Cambridgeshire AncC Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place: | Papworth St Agnes |
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