A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SEATON, a village and a parish in Uppingham district, Rutland. The village stands near the Rugby and Stamford railway, 2½ miles E S E of Uppingham; was known at Domesday as Segentone; and has a station on the railway, and a post-office under Uppingham. The parish contains also the hamlet of Thorpe-by-Water, and comprises 2,050 acres. Real property, £3, 647. Pop., 422. Houses, 89. The manor belonged, at Domesday, to Robert de Todeni; passed to the Beaufoes and others; and belongs now to E. H.Monckton, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £649.* Patron, the Rev. T. Heycock. The church isold, and has a tower and spire. Charities, £12.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Seaton CP/AP Uppingham RegD/PLU Rutland AncC |
| Place names: | SEATON | SEGENTONE |
| Place: | Seaton |
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