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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rothersthorpe like this:
ROTHERSTHORPE, a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; on the Northampton canal, 1½mile N W of Blisworth r. station, and 4 S W of Northampton. Post-town, Northampton. Acres, 1, 200. Real property, £2, 294. Pop., 289. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £115.* Patron, Mr. John Collier. The church is good. There is a Baptist chapel.
Rothersthorpe 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 Rothersthorpe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rothersthorpe, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8144
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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