Huntingdonshire Parishes - Spaldwick
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Brief
Description:
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SPALDWICK, a parish in the hundred of LEIGHTONSTONE, county of HUNTINGDON, 3¾ miles (N.E. by N.) from Kimbolton, containing 332 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary of Longstowe in the Cathedral Church of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £12.0.10., and endowed with £200 royal bounty. The church is dedicated to St. James. There are places of worship for Baptists and Independents. Fairs for cattle are held on Whit-Monday and November 28th. This
extract is from "Samuel Lewis Topographical Gazeetter - 1831"
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Hundred:
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LEIGHTONSTONE |
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Registration
District:
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Spaldwick was originally in the Huntingdon Registration District from 1st July 1837. Subsequently it became part of the Spaldwick sub-District, but it is now again directly under the Huntingdon District. |
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First
Appearance of Name:
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Charter - 991. |
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