HARTWELL, a village and a parish in Potterspury district, Northamptonshire. The village stands near the boundary with Bucks, 2 miles SE of Roade r. station, and 7¼ SSE of Northampton; and has a post office under Northampton. The parish comprises 1,850 acres. Real property, £2, 367. Pop., 542. Houses, 129. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Grafton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborongh. Value, £120.* Patron, H. Castleman, Esq. The church was built in 1851; is in the Norman style; consists of nave, chancel, and N aisle; and includes a fine Norman arcade, removed from the previous church. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £22.

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