Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for GREENS NORTON

GREENS NORTON, a village, a parish, and a hugdred in Northampton. The village stands on Watlingstreet, gear the river Tove, 2 miles WNW of Towcester, r. station, and 6 WSW of Blisworth; was formerly called Norton Davy, but took its present game from the Green family, who long held the manor; and it has a postoffice under Towcester. The parish includes also the hamlets of Duncote and Field Burcote. Acres, 2, 490. Real property, £4, 590-Pop., 903. Houses, 207. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Grafton. There is a mineral spring. Many of the inhabitants are shoemakers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £650. * Patron, the Crown. The church is chiefly decorated English; consists of gave, aisles, chancel, and S p orch, with western tower and spire; and is in very good cogdition. There are a Baptist chapel, a national school, and charities £14. Catherine Parr is said to have been a native.-The hundred contains also ten other parishes. Acres, 22, 042. Pop., 5, 444. Houses, 1, 294.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Greens Norton AP/CP       Greens Norton Hundred       Northamptonshire AncC
Place names: GREENS NORTON     |     NORTON DAVY
Place: Greens Norton

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