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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cold Ashby like this:
ASHBY (Cold), a parish in Brixworth district, Northampton; 3½ miles S of Welford, and 5 SE of Stanford-Hall r. station. Post Town, Welford under Rugby. Acres, 1,940. Real property, £4,090. Pop., 446. Houses, 104. The property is subdivided. The place is a meet for the Pytchley hounds. ...
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £230. Patron, the Rev. W. Mousley. The church is tolerable; and contains tombs of the Langhams. A school has £23 from endowment, and other charities £20. Richard Knolles, born in 1543, the author of a History of the Turks, was a native.
Cold Ashby is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cold Ashby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cold Ashby, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7527
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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