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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kelmarsh like this:
KELMARSH, a village and a parish in the district of Market-Harborough, and county of Northampton. The village stands near the Market-Harborough and Northampton railway, 5 miles S of Market-Harborough; and has a station on the railway, and a post office under Northampton. Acres, 2, 751. Real property, £5, 826. ...
Pop., 167. Houses, 31. The manor, with Kelmarsh Hall, belongs to R.Naylor, Esq. The land is chiefly in pasture. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £640. * Patron, R.Naylor, Esq. The church is early English, in good condition; and has a spire. There is a national school.
Kelmarsh 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 Kelmarsh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kelmarsh, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8040
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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