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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Long Buckby like this:
BUCKBY (Long), a village, a parish, and a subdistrict in Daventry district, Northampton. The village stands near the head of the river Nen, 1¾ mile E of Watling-street, 2 miles SE of Crick r. station, and 5½ NE of Daventry; and has a post office‡ under Rugby. The parish includes also part of the hamlet of Murcott. ...
Acres, 3,900. Real property, £11,180. Pop., 2,500. Houses, 570. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £150.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. There are chapels for Independents and Baptists. A school has £42 from endowment; and other charities £32. The subdistrict contains eight parishes. Acres, 20,188. Pop., 5,757. Houses, 1,332.
Long Buckby 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 Long Buckby itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Long Buckby, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7638
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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