Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WHATTON (Long)

WHATTON (Long), a parish, with a village, in Loughborough district, Leicester; 2¾ miles W by N of Hathern r. station, and 4½ NW of Loughborough. Post town, Loughborough. Acres, 2,050. Real property, £4,514. Pop., 779. Houses, 188. The manor belongs to E. F. Dawson, Esq. W. House is the seat of W. Martin, Esq. Framework knitting is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £380.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor-The church was restored in 1866. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, a national school, and charities £5.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Long Whatton AP/CP       Loughborough RegD/PLU       Leicestershire AncC
Place names: LONG WHATTON     |     WHATTON     |     WHATTON LONG
Place: Long Whatton

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