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| | Water Newton |
 | | The village was the birth place, in 1863, of Frederick Henry Royce, whose father was miller at one of the may water mills on the Nene. |
 | | In this manner the accursed Russells have bedevilled many of the villages and townlets unhappily owned by them, and the feelings of all who live in their ear-marked houses must be akin to those of paupers who inhabit workhouses and infirmaries, with the important exception that the Duke's tenants pay rent and taxes. |
 | | The road junction, the only access to Stibbington, has been the site of many accidents, some fatal and the Highways Agency is now providing a new junction layout with a bridge to avoid the need for local traffic to cross the path of fast vehicles on the A1. |
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