Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOTOLPH-BRIDGE, or Bottle-Bridge

BOTOLPH-BRIDGE, or Bottle-Bridge, a parish in the district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; near the river Nen and the Great Northern railway, 2 miles SW of Peterborough. Post Town, Peterborough. The statistics are returned with Orton-Longville. The manor belonged to the Draytons, the Lovells, and the Shirleys. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of OrtonLongville, in the diocese of Ely. The church is in ruins.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Huntingdonshire AncC
Place names: BOTOLPH BRIDGE     |     BOTOLPH BRIDGE OR BOTTLE BRIDGE     |     BOTTLE BRIDGE
Place: Botolphbridge

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