Place:


Abthorpe  Northamptonshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Abthorpe like this:

ABTHORPE, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in the district of Towcester, Northampton. The village stands on the river Tove, 3 miles WSW of Towcester, and 8 SW by W of Blisworth r. station; and has a post office under Towcester. The parish includes the hamlet of Foscote. Acres, 1,919. Real property, £2,903. ...


Pop., 541. Houses, 110. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £215.* Patron, alternately the Bishop of Lichfield and the Trustees of Leeson's charity. The church is good. Charities, £191.-The subdistrict comprises seventeen entire parishes, and parts of two others. Acres, 22,323. Pop., 5,473. Houses, 1,287.

Abthorpe through time

Abthorpe is now part of South Northamptonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Northamptonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Abthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Abthorpe in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7472

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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