In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Creaton like this:
CREATON (Great), a parish in Brixworth district, Northamptonshire; 3 miles WNW of Brixworth r. station, and 8 NNW of Northampton. It has a post office under Northampton. Acres, 790. Real property, £2, 616. Pop., 510. Houses, 127. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £270.* Patron, the Rev. E. T. Beynon. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, and charities £53.
Great Creaton through time
Great Creaton is now part of Daventry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Daventry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Creaton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Creaton, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7687
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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