Descriptive gazetteer entries

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barleythorpe like this:

BARLEYTHORPE, a manor in Oakham parish, Rutland; 1 mile NW of Oakham. It was given to Westminster abbey by Edward the Confessor; and it belongs still to the dean and chapter of Westminster. Real property, £3,850. Pop., 168. Houses, 31.

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Travel writing

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