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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
PITCHLEY, or Pytchley, a village and a parish in Kettering district, Northampton. The village stands 2¾ miles S of Kettering r. station, and has a postal letter-box under Wellingborough. The parish comprises 2, 833acres. Real property, £5, 269. Pop., 536. Houses, 127. The manor belongs to Lord Overstone. P. Hallwas a fine old seat of the Knightleys; became the head-quarters of the P. hunt, afterwards removed to Brixworth; and has been razed to the ground. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £105.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is Norman and early English, with a tower; and the chancel was recently restored. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £23 a year, and charities £4.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Pytchley AP/CP Kettering RegD/PLU Northamptonshire AncC |
| Place names: | PITCHLEY | PITCHLEY OR PYTCHLEY | PYTCHLEY |
| Place: | Pytchley |
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