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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woodford like this:
WOODFORD, a parish, with a village, in Thrapston district, Northampton; 2½ miles SW by W of Thrapston r. station. It has a post-office under Thrapston. Acres, 1,750. Real property, £4,194. Pop. in 1851,726; in 1861,912. Houses, 207. The increase of pop. arose from extension of shoe manufacture. ...
The property is subdivided. W. Lodge is the seat of Lient.-Gen. the Hon.G. Arbuthnot. Ironstone is quarried; and Roman relics have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £497.* Patron, Lord St. John. The church was recently restored, and has a tower and spire. There are a Baptist chapel, national schools, and charities £86.
Woodford 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 Woodford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woodford, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8357
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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