In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sulgrave like this:
SULGRAVE, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Brackley district, Northamp ton. The village stands 3½ miles NNE of Farthinghoe r. station, and 6 NNW of Brackley; and has a postal letter-box under Banbury. -The parish comprises 4,100 acres. Real property, £4,037. Pop., 565. Houses, 123. ...
The property is divided among a few. A tumulus, called Barrow Hill, is about a mile N of the village, and commands an extensive view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £233.* Patron, the Rev. W. Harding. The church is good. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a slightly endowed school, and charities £64.—The sub-district contains 15 parishes. Acres, 27,139. Pop., 5,815. Houses, 1,323.
Sulgrave through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sulgrave in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8191
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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