Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NEWBOTTLE

NEWBOTTLE, a village and a parish in Brackley district, Northampton. The village stands 2½ miles E of the river Cherwell at the boundary with Oxford, 2¾ N E of Aynho r. station, and 4 W of Brackley; and has apostal wall-box under Brackley. The parish contains also parts of the hamlets of Astrop, Charlton, and Purston. Acres, 2, 990. Real property, £3, 560. Pop. in 1851, 438; in 1861, 527. Houses, 109. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged formerly to the Tuftons, and belongs now to W.Cartwright, Esq. Charlton Lodge is the seat of S. P. Salisbury, Esq. Anancient camp, called Rainsborough, is on Charlton hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £293.* Patron, W.Cartwright, Esq. The church is good; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a low W tower; and contains a monument to J. Creswell, Esq., and a Norman font. There are an Independent chapel, and charities £7.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Newbottle CP       Brackley RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Newbottle

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