Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WAKERLEY

WAKERLEY, a parish in the district of Uppingham and county of Northampton; 2½ miles S by E of Luffenham r. station. Post town, South Luffenham, under Stamford. Acres, 2,130. Real property, £2,025. Pop., 223. Houses, 45. The property belongs to the Marquis of Exeter. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £100* Patron, the Marquis of Exeter. The church is ancient.


(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: Wakerley AP/CP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Wakerley

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