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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Boddington like this:
BODDINGTON, or Bodington, a parish in the district of Banbury and county of Northampton; near the Oxford canal, 3½ miles E by N of Fenny-Compton r. station, and 9 SW of Daventry. It includes the villages of Lower and Upper Boddington; and has a post office, of the name of Boddington, under Daventry. ...
Acres, 3,770. Real property, £6,265. Pop., 724. Houses, 161. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £757.* Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church is handsome. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and charities £47.
Boddington 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 Boddington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Boddington, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7590
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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