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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Evenley like this:
EVENLY, a parish in Brackley district, Northampton; on the river Ouse, adjacent to Bucks, 1 mile S of Brackley r. station. It has a post office under Brack-ley. Acres, 3, 104. Real property, £4, 194. Pop., 525. Houses, 116. The property is divided among a few. Part of the land is common. Evenly Hall is the seat of the Pierreponts. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £182.* Patron, Magdalene College, Oxford. The church is ancient, cruciform, and tolerable. There is a free school.
Evenley 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 Evenley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Evenley, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7916
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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