Place:Piddington, Northamptonshire, England

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NamePiddington
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates52.187°N 0.831°W
Located inNorthamptonshire, England     ( - 1935)
See alsoWymersley Hundred, Northamptonshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Hardingstone Rural, Northamptonshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1935
Hackleton, Northamptonshire, Englandcivil parish into which it was absorbed in 1935
Northampton Rural, Northamptonshire, Englandrural district in which it was located 1935-1974
South Northamptonshire District, Northamptonshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

Piddington is a village in the south of the county of Northamptonshire, England (also known as Northants). It is in the district of South Northamptonshire and just north of the county of Buckinghamshire. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of Northampton town centre, and now situated in the civil parish of Hackleton. It has a geographic size of 1,693 acres (6.85 km2) and an average height of 300 ft (91 m), rising steadily to 400 ft (120 m) in Salcey Forest. Piddington itself was estimated to have a population of 655 in 2011.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Piddington, Northamptonshire.

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