Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MAIDFORD

MAIDFORD, a parish, with a village, in Towcester district, Northampton; 5 miles SSW of Weedon r. station, and 6 NW by W of Towcester. Post town, Towcesster. Acres, 1,930. Real property, £2,138; of which £15 are in quarries. Pop., 344. Houses, 81. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. Grant, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £300. * Patron, W. Grant, Esq. The church is early English, in good condition; and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower. Charities, £21.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Maidford AP/CP       Towcester RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Maidford

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