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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Billing like this:
BILLING (Great), a parish in the district and county of Northampton; near the river Nen, 1½ mile N of Billing Road r. station, and 4 ENE of Northampton. It has a post office under Northampton. Acres, 1,290. property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the O'Briens, Earls of Thomond; and belongs now to the Elweses. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £495.* Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford The church is very-good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities £39. Sir J. Wake, the diplomatist of James I., was a native.
Great Billing 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 Great Billing itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Billing, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7574
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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