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Denford (Holy Trinity)

DENFORD (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Thrapston, hundred of Huxloe, N. division of the county of Northampton, 1½ mile (S.) from Thrapston; containing 326 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the right bank of the river Nene, and on the road through Ringstead to Higham-Ferrers, and comprises by measurement 1721 acres: stone for building and for repairing the roads is quarried to some extent. The living is a discharged vicarage, with that of Ringstead annexed, valued in the king's books at £8. 10.; net income, £190; patron and impropriator, Thomas Burton, Esq. The tithes were commuted for land in 1765: the glebehouse is a mere labourer's cottage, let for 40s. a year. The church is principally in the early English style, with a tower and spire.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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