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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wilbarston like this:
WILBARSTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Market-Harborough and county of Northampton; 2½ miles S of Medbourne-Bridge r. station, and 5½ E of Market-Harborough. It has a post-office under Market-Harborough. Acres, 2,800. Real property, £3,908. Pop., 721. Houses, 150. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £250. Patron, G. L. Watson, Esq. The church is early English, and has a tower and spire. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £11.
Wilbarston 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 Wilbarston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wilbarston, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8350
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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