In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Fawsley like this:
FAWSLEY, a parish and a hundred in Northampton. The parish is in Daventry district; and lies 4 miles S of Daventry, and 5½ WSW of Weedon r. station. Post town, Badby, under Daventry. Acres, 1, 554. Real property, £3, 243. Pop., 64. Houses, 7. The manor has belonged, since the time of Henry III., to the family of Knightley. Fawsley Hall, the seat of that family, stands in a charming situation, amid an extensive park; is an ancient edifice, in various styles of architecture; and includes a magnificent apartment, 54 feet long, 24 wide, and 43 high, with an open timber roof. ...
The parish had formerly a market; and is now a meet for Lord Southampton s hounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £100.* Patron, SirKnightley, Bart. The church is good and interesting, and contains monuments of the Knightleys. Bishop Wilkins was a native.-The hundred contains twenty-one parishes; and, prior to the time of Henry III., existed as the two hundreds of Alwardeslea and Gravesend. Acres, 42, 386. Pop. in 1851, 11, 750; in 1861, 10, 841. Houses, 2, 472.
Fawsley through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Fawsley has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Daventry. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Fawsley and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Fawsley, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7929
Date accessed: 19th May 2013
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