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ORTON- LONGVILLE, or Oeverton-Longueville, a parish, with a small village, in the district of Peterborough and county of Huntingdon; near the river Nen, at the boundary with Northamptonshire, 1¼ mile E S E of Overton r station, and 2¼ S W of Peterborough. Post-town, Peterborough. Acres, 2, 400. Real property, £3, 576. Pop., 311. Houses, 64. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Love-tofts; passed, through various hands, to the Copes and the Gordons; and, with Orton Hall, belongs now to the Marquis of Huntly. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Botolph-Bridge, in the diocese of Ely.value, £400.* Patron, the Marquis of Huntly. The church is early decorated English; has been partially restored; is a neat small edifice, with a tower; and contains an old fresco of St. Christopher, and monuments of the Copes and the Gordons. There are a national school, and charities £11.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a small village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Orton Longueville CP/AP Huntingdonshire AncC |
| Place names: | OEVERTON LONGUEVILLE | ORTON LONGVILLE | ORTON LONGVILLE OR OEVERTON LONGUEVILLE |
| Place: | Orton Longueville |
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