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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Twywell like this:
TWYWELL, a parish, with a r. station, in Thrapston district, Northampton; on the Kettering and Huntingdon railway, 2¾ miles W of Thrapston. Post town, Thrapston. Acres, 1,400. Real property, £1,637. Pop., 336. Houses, 70. The manor belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £320.* Patrons, the Alington Family. The church was reported in 1859 as very bad.
Twywell 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 Twywell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Twywell, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8249
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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