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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Kings Sutton like this:
KINGS-SUTTON, a village, a parish, and a hundred in Northampton. The village stands near the river Cherwell, the Oxford canal, the Oxford and Wolverhampton railway, and the boundary with Oxfordshire, 3½ miles N by E of Aynho r. station, and 4¾ SSE of Banbury; and has a post office† under Banbury. ...
The parish includes also the hamlet of Walton, and parts of the hamlets of Astrop, Charlton, and Purston; and is in the district of Brackley. Acres, 3, 850. Real property, £9, 782. Pop., 1, 145. Houses, 270. The manor belongs to Mrs. Willes. The manor house is occupied byT. Willes, Esq.; and Astrop House is the seat of Sir William Brown, Bart. A mineral spring, called St. Rumbald's well, was formerly much visited, but has lost its reputation. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £140.* Patron, Mrs. Willes. The church is later English; comprises nave, aisles, chancel, and porches; and has a W tower, with lofty crocketted spire. There are chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists, a national school, and charities £135.-The hundred contains twenty-one parishes and part of another. Acres, 48, 999. Pop. in 1851, 13, 000; in 1861, 13, 397. Houses, 3, 009.
Kings Sutton is now part of WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Kings Sutton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Kings Sutton, in West Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8194
Date accessed: 16th November 2025
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