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Abington, a parish in Northamptonshire, near the river Nen, and 1 1/4 mile NE of Northampton, which is the post town and money order and telegraph office. Acreage, 1133; population, 121. A spot here was the grave of Shakespeare's favourite granddaughter, and is marked by a mulberry tree planted by Garrick. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value from tithe rent charge, £263 with residence, in the gift of Lord Wantage. The church is Early English, and contains tombs of the Bernards.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5

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