Newton-Bromshold (St. Peter)

NEWTON-BROMSHOLD (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Wellingborough, hundred of Higham-Ferrers, N. division of the county of Northampton, 3¼ miles (S. E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 161 inhabitants. This parish, anciently Newton-Bromswold, is situated on the confines of the county of Bedford, and comprises 800a. 1r. 24p. The females are employed in lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £8. 3. 4., and in the patronage of All Souls' College, Oxford; net income, £119. The tithes were commuted for 170 acres of land, and a money payment, under an act of inclosure, in the 40th of George III. The church is a small handsome structure.