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FENNY STRATFORD

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 256 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FENNY See also:

STRATFORD , a See also:market See also:town in the See also:Buckingham See also:parliamentary See also:division of See also:Buckinghamshire, See also:England, 48 m. N.W. by N. of See also:London on a See also:branch of the London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901), 4799. It lies in an open valley on the See also:west (See also:left) See also:bank of the Ouzel, where the See also:great north-western road from London, the See also:Roman Watling See also:Street, crosses the stream, and is 1 m. E. of Bletchley, an important junction on the See also:main See also:line of the North-Western railway. The See also:church of St See also:Martin was built (c. 1730) on the site of an older church at the instance of Dr See also:Browne See also:Willis, an eminent See also:antiquary (d. 176o), buried here; but the See also:building has been greatly enlarged. A See also:custom instituted by Willis on St Martin's See also:Day (See also:November 11th) includes a service in the church, the firing of some small See also:cannon called the " Fenny Poppers," and other celebrations. The See also:trade of the town is mainly agricultural.

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