Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PILTON

PILTON, a parish in Oundle district, Northampton; on the river N en, 2¾ miles S S W of Oundle r. station. Post-town, Oundle. Acres, 1, 473. Real property, £1, 853. Pop., 144. Houses, 29. The manor belongs to Lord Lilford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £190.* Patron, Lord Lilford. The church is early English, with a steeple; and has a memorial E window to Mr. F. R. Hodgson, put upin 1867. There are alms-houses, and other charities £18.


(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: Pilton AP/CP       Oundle RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Pilton

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