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"BARTON-SEAGRAVE, a parish in the hundred of Huxloe, in the county of Northampton, 2 miles to the S.E. of Kettering, its post town. A castle was founded here in the reign of Edward II., by Sir Nicholas de Seagrave, of which there are no traces except the moat. The parish took the addition to its name from this family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, of the value of £492, and in the patronage of the Duke of Buccleuch. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Botolph, and contains monuments of John Bridges, historian of the county, who died here in 1724, and of his son. Humphrey Henchman, Bishop of London in the reign of Charles II., was born in this village, 1592. The principal residences are Barton-Seagrave Hall and Barton Lodge." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"BARTON-SEAGRAVE, a parish in the hundred of Huxloe, in the county of Northampton, 2 miles to the S.E. of Kettering, its post town. A castle was founded here in the reign of Edward II., by Sir Nicholas de Seagrave, of which there are no traces except the moat. The parish took the addition to its name from this family. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, of the value of £492, and in the patronage of the Duke of Buccleuch. The church is an ancient structure, dedicated to St. Botolph, and contains monuments of John Bridges, historian of the county, who died here in 1724, and of his son. Humphrey Henchman, Bishop of London in the reign of Charles II., was born in this village, 1592. The principal residences are Barton-Seagrave Hall and Barton Lodge."

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