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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.
COTTESBROOK, a parish in Brixworth district, Northampton; on an affluent of the river Nen, 2¾ miles WSW of Lamport r. station, and 3 NW of Brixworth. Post town, Lamport, under Northampton. Acres, 2, 780. Real property, £5, 387. Pop., 201. Houses, 46. The property is all in one estate. Cottesbrook House is the seat of Sir J. Langham, Bart. Traces exist of a small priory, which was a cell to Sulby abbey. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £400.* Patron, Sir J. Langham, Bart. The church is good. An alms-hospital, founded in 1655, by John Langham, Esq., has £60 from endowment; and other charities £7.
(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: | Cottesbrooke CP/AP Brixworth RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place: | Cottesbrooke |
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