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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sutton Bassett like this:
SUTTON-BASSETT, a parish in the district of Market-Harborough and county of Northampton; 3 miles NE of Market-Harborough r. station. Post town, Market-Harborough. Acres, 720. Real property, £1,553. Pop., 147. Houses, 38. The manor belongs to H. H. Hungerford, Esq. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Weston-by-Welland. The church is ancient.
Sutton Bassett is now part of NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sutton Bassett itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sutton Bassett, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8197
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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