Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CULWORTH

CULWORTH, a parish in Brackley district, Northampton; 4¾ miles N of Farthinghoe r. station, and 7¾ NE of Banbury. It has a post office under Banbury. Acres, 2, 246. Real property, £4, 863. Pop., 652. Houses, 142. The property is divided among a few. Culworth House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory and a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £528.* Patron, W. Wilson, Esq. The church is of various dates, ancient, and good; and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and porch. There are chapels for Baptists and Moravians. A school has £77 from endowment; and other charities £45.


(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: Culworth CP/AP       Brackley RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Culworth

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