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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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LONGSTOW, a parish and a hundred in Cambridge. The parish lies adjacent to Beds, ½ a mile N by W of Old North Road r. station, and two S by E of Caxton; and is in Caxton district. Post town, Caxton, under Royston. Acres, 1,412. Real property, £1,589. Pop., 264. Houses, 47. The property is divided among a few. The manor, with Longstow Hall, belongs to Sidney Stanley, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely. Value, £350. * Patron, the Rev. J. Rushton. The church was rebuilt in 1864. Charities, £34, and eight cottages.-The hundred contains also thirteen other parishes. Acres, 25,500. Pop., 6,456. Houses, 1,283.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish and a hundred" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Longstowe AP/CP Longstow Hundred Caxton RegD/PLU Cambridgeshire AncC |
| Place: | Longstowe |
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