In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Willybrook like this:
WILLYBROOK, a river and a hundred in the NE of Northampton. The river rises near Rockingham; runs 10 miles north-eastward to Kingscliffe; and goes thence 5 miles south-south-eastward to the Nen, near Fotheringhay. The hundred contains 14 parishes. Acres, 27,490. Pop., 6,995. Houses, 1,476.
Willybrook through time
Willybrook is now part of East Northamptonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Northamptonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Willybrook itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Willybrook in East Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20848
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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