In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanwick like this:
STANWICK, a parish, with a village, in Thrapston district, Northampton; 1¾ mile ENE of Higham-Ferrers r. station. It has a post-office under Higham-Ferrers. Acres, 1,830. Real property, £3,827. Pop., 669. Houses, 147. The property is subdivided. There are several good residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. ...
Value, £600.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is early English, and has a tower and spire. There are three dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £25. Archbishop Dolben and the dramatist R. Cumberland were natives.
Stanwick through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stanwick in East Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8174
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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