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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Houghton like this:
HOUGHTON (GREAT), a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; near the river Nen and the Northampton and Peterborough railway, 2¾ miles ESE of Northampton. Post town, Northampton. Acres, 1, 783. Real property, £4, 646. Pop., 365. Houses, 78. The property is divided among a few. Great Houghton Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £620. * Patron, Mag dalen College, Oxford. The church is an edifice in the Italian style. Charities, £4.
Great Houghton 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 Houghton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Frosterley in County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8031
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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