PISFORD, or Pitsford, a village and a parish in Brixworth district, Northamptonshire. The village stands 1½ mile E S E of Spratton r. station, and 5 N of Northampton; and has a post-office under Northampton. The parish comprises 2, 700 acres. Real property, £3, 486. Pop., 609. Houses, 133. The manor belongs to Col. R. H. Vyse. Limestone is found, and springsare very numerous. An ancient camp is at Barrow-Dykes; and a tumulus is at Longmans Hill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £379.* Patron, Col. R. H. Vyse. The church has a Norman door; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with S porch and low W tower; and was recently restored and enlarged. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £5. The father of Bishop Skinnerwas rector and a native.

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