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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Piddington like this:
PIDDINGTON, a village and a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire. The village stands on an affluent of the river Nen, near Salcey forest, 3½ miles E N E of Roade r. station, and 5¼ S E by S of Northampton; and has a post-office under Northampton. The parish contains also the hamlet of Hackleton, and comprises 1, 980 acres. ...
Real property, £4,075. Pop., 1, 102. Houses, 238. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Overstone. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Horton, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church is good, and has a lofty spire. There are chapels for Baptists and Wesleyans, a national school, and charities £27.
Piddington 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 Piddington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Piddington, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8120
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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