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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Willybrook like this:
WILLYBROOK, a river and a hundred in the NE of Northampton. The river rises near Rockingham; runs 10 miles north-eastward to Kingscliffe; and goes thence 5 miles south-south-eastward to the Nen, near Fotheringhay. The hundred contains 14 parishes. Acres, 27,490. Pop., 6,995. Houses, 1,476.
Willybrook is now part of NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Willybrook itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eglwysilan, in North Northamptonshire and Glamorgan | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20848
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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