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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
Sawtry, is a village and a sub-district in the district of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. The village is 3¼ miles S W of Holme railway station, and 9 miles N N W of Huntingdon; the post-office is under Peterborough.—The sub-district contains '''the two Sawtry parishes''', 5 other parishes, and the Sawtry extra-parochial tract | Sawtry (St. Andrew), is a village,a '''parish''', the hundred of Norman-Cross and a sub-district in the district of Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire. The village is 3¼ miles S W of Holme railway station, 3 1/2 miles S E from Stilton, and 9 miles N N W of Huntingdon; the post-office is under Peterborough. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.—The sub-district contains '''the two Sawtry parishes''', 5 other parishes, and the Sawtry extra-parochial tract.<ref>Wilson, John Marius, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72) http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/entry_page.jsp?text_id=941190</ref><ref>Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 23-26. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51257</ref> | ||
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