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All that remains of
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The village was established and laid out to serve
Waterstown House, the remnants of which is located on a hill south east of the village. The Harris-Temple family lived in Waterstown House which was built in the 1740s. The village is laid out as a straight street without a central square or common.
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Barracks (Called
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535:County town
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368:References
298:Tidy Towns
176:Population
106:53°28′14″N
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356:See also
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