A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HARBOROUGH (GREAT), or HARBROUGH MAGNA, a parish in Rugby district, Warwick; on the Midland railway and the Oxford canal, 3¼ miles NW of Rugby. Post town, Rugby. Acres, 1, 580. Real property, £2, 787. Pop., 295. Houses, 85. The manor belongs to Sir Payton Skipwith, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Worcester. Value, £298.* Patron, J. W. Boughton Leigh, Esq. The church is part of a very ancient one, supposed to have been monastic; consists of nave and chancel, with a tower; and has some very curiously stained glass. There are a national school, and charities £65.
(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: | Rugby RegD/PLU Warwickshire AncC |
| Place names: | GREAT HARBOROUGH | HARBOROUGH | HARBOROUGH GREAT | HARBOROUGH GREAT OR HARBROUGH MAGNA | HARBROUGH MAGNA |
| Place: | Harborough Magna |
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