Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WESTON-FAVELL

WESTON-FAVELL, a parish, with a village, in the district and county of Northampton; 3½ miles ENE of Northampton r. station. It has a post-office under Northampton. Acres, 1,050. Real property, £2,913. Pop., 470. Houses, 115. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £236.* Patron, the Rev. R. H. Knight. The church is good, and has a transition Norman tower. There are an endowed school with £25 a year, and charities £30. Hervey, the author of "Meditations," was rector.


(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: Weston Favell Parish       Northamptonshire Ancient County
Place: Weston Favell

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