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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
St. Neots, is a town, a '''parish''', a sub-district, and a district, in Huntingdonshire. The town is on the river Ouse, and on the boundary with Bedfordshire, it is ¾ of a mile W of the Great Northern railway, and 8½ miles SSW of Huntingdon; it includes the suburb of Eynesbury | St. Neots, is a town, a '''parish''', a sub-district, and a district, in Huntingdonshire. The town is on the river Ouse, and on the boundary with Bedfordshire, it is ¾ of a mile W of the Great Northern railway, and 8½ miles SSW of Huntingdon; it includes the suburb of Eynesbury. There is a church, and three dissenting chapels. Eynesbury suburb is separated from the town by a streamlet called the Henbrook. The dissenting chapels are '''Independent''', '''Baptist''', and '''Wesleyan'''. The parish also contains the hamlets of Monks-Hardwick and Wintringham.<ref>Wilson, John Marius, ''[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=984060 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales]'' (1870). Date accessed: 13 June 2013.</ref> | ||
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== Maps and Gazetteers == | == Maps and Gazetteers == | ||
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> | Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.<br> | ||
*[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | *[http://maps.familysearch.org/ England Jurisdictions 1851] | ||