Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARDWICK

HARDWICK, a parish in Wellingborough district, Northampton; on the river Nen, 3 miles WNW of Wellingborough r. station. Post-town, Great Harrowden, under Wellingborough. Acres, 1,260. Real property, £1,526. Pop., 83. Houses, 20. The property is all in one estate. A house here, occupied by A. Sharman, was an abode of Knights Templars. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £268. Patrons, the Heirs of the late Rev. E. Hughes. The church is ancient and tolerable, with a tower; and contains several ancient monuments.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Hardwick AP/CP       Wellingborough RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Hardwick

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