In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Guilsborough like this:
GUILSBOROUGH, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Northamptonshire. The village stands near the source s of the Avon and the Nen, 7 miles NE of Crick r. station, and 10 NW by N of Northampton; and has a post office under Northampton. The parish includes also the hamlets of Nortoft and Holywell; and is in Brixworth district. ...
Acres, 3, 080. Real property, £2, 067. Pop., 996. Houses, 227. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to J. W. B. Lee, Esq. Guilsborough Hall was formerly the seat of the Belchier family; shows various styles of architecture; and stands conspicuously on an eminence. A Roman camp lies between the sources of the Avon and the Nen; measures about 600 feet by 300; is encompassed by a single fosse and vallum; and bears the name of Borough hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £500.* Patron, R. Hichens, Esq. The church is early English; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and spire. The vicarage of Holywell is a separate benefice. There are a Baptist chapel, a free grammar school, with £80 from endowment, and a national school with £60.-The hundred contains seventeen parishes, and part of another. Acres, 42, 054. Pop., 10, 663. Houses, 2, 460.
Guilsborough through time
Guilsborough is now part of Daventry district. Click here for graphs and data of how Daventry has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Guilsborough itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Guilsborough, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7959
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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