Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PLUMPTON

PLUMPTON, a parish in Towcester district, Northampton; 6½ miles W of Towcester, and 7½ S W by S of Weedon r. station. Post-town, Towcester. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £1, 145. Pop., 42. Houses, 12. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £100.* Patron, Jesus College, Oxford ' The church is good, and has a pinnacled tower.


(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: Plumpton Parish       Towcester Poor Law Union/Registration District       Northamptonshire Ancient County
Place: Plumpton

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