Oundle, a small but ancient and pleasant town of Northamptonshire, 13 miles SW. of Peterborough by rail, has an old church, partly Early English and partly Decorated style, restored in 1864. Here St Wilfrid died. Laxton's Grammar-school dates from 1550. Lace is made here. Pop. 2890.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 664
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