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Thorpe Achurch, Northamptonshire

Historical Description

Thorpe Achurch, a parish in Northamptonshire, on the Northampton and Peterborough section of the L. & N.W.R., on which it has a station, 5 miles S from Oundle. Post town, Oundle; money order and telegraph office, Wadenhoe. Acreage, 1609; population of the civil parish, 189; of the ecclesiastical with Lilford, 365. The manor belongs to Lord Lilford. The living is a rectory, united with Lilford, in the diocese of Peterborough; joint gross value, £300 with residence. Patron, Lord Lilford. The church is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, consisting of chancel with mortuary chapel, nave, N aisle, S porch, and a western tower with spire. It has some interesting tombs and monuments.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyNorthamptonshire 
Ecclesiastical parishThorpe-Achurch St. John the Baptist 
HundredNavisford 
Poor Law unionOundle 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Land and Property

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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