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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Billing like this:
BILLING (Little), a parish in the district and county of Northampton; on the river Nen, adjacent to Billing Road r. station, 3 miles E by N of Northampton. Post Town, Great Billing, under Northampton. Acres, 856. Real property, £1,839. Pop., 76. Houses, 16. The manor belonged to the Longuevilles; and their seat on it is now a farmhouse. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £349.* Patron, Earl Brownlow. The church has a curious old font.
Little 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 Little Billing itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Billing, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7575
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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