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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitfield like this:
WHITFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Brackley district, Northampton; 2½ miles NNE of Brackley r. station. It has a postal letter-box under Brackley. Acres, 1,210. Real property, £2,054. Pop., 265. Houses, 65. The manor belongs to Worcester college, Oxford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £258.* Patron, Worcester College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a partially endowed national school, and charities £33.
Whitfield 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 Whitfield itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitfield, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8346
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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