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Alwalton, Hunts

Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1831

ALWALTON, a parish in the hundred of NORMANCROSS, county of HUNTINGDON, 5 miles (N.N.W.) from Stilton, containing 257 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon, and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books at £3. 5. 10. and in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, exhibits in the body of the building a singular combination of Norman and early English architecture; the chancel is chiefly in the decorated style, and there are some peculiarities in the windows, shafts, mouldings and general details.