Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ALDWINKLE-ST. PETER

ALDWINKLE-ST. PETER, a parish in Thrapston district, Northampton; on the river Nen, a mileW of Thorpe r. station, and 3 miles N by W of Thrapston. Post Town, Thrapston. Acres and property returned with Aldwinkle-All-Saints. Pop., 222. Houses, 46. The property is subdivided. A curious cruciform building, called Liveden, stands here on the Nen, erected by the Tresham family, and richly decorated with sculpture. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £230. Patron, Lord Lilford. The church is good. Thomas Fuller, the historian, was a native.


(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: Aldwincle CP       Aldwincle St Peter CP/AP       Thrapston RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Aldwincle

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