Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CREATON (Great)

CREATON (Great), a parish in Brixworth district, Northamptonshire; 3 miles WNW of Brixworth r. station, and 8 NNW of Northampton. It has a post office under Northampton. Acres, 790. Real property, £2, 616. Pop., 510. Houses, 127. The property is much sub-divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £270.* Patron, the Rev. E. T. Beynon. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, and charities £53.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Great Creaton AP/CP       Brixworth RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place names: CREATON     |     CREATON GREAT     |     GREAT CREATON
Place: Great Creaton

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