PAXTON (GREAT), a parish in the hundred of
TOSELAND, county of HUNTINGDON, 3 miles (N. B. by
N.) from St. Neot's, containing 250 inhabitants. The
living is a vicarage, with the perpetual curacies of Little
Paxton and Toseland, in the archdeaconry of Huntingdon,
and diocese of Lincoln, rated in the king's books
at £ 16. 2. 11., and in the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Lincoln. The church is dedicated to the
Holy Trinity. The river Ouse bounds the parish on
the west.