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"GREATWORTH, a parish in the hundred of Chipping-Warden, county Northampton, 4 miles N.W. of Brackley, its post town, and 7 E. of Banbury. The village, which is small, is pleasantly situated in a well-wooded country, and most of the inhabitants are engaged in agriculture. The land is chiefly arable. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £291. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a plain structure with square tower. The charities are derived from land, and produce nearly £24 per annum, £11 of which are for the repairs of the church, and the remainder for the poor. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There is a National school, endowed with £32 per annum. William Pulsford, Esq., is lord of the manor." [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

"GREATWORTH, a parish in the hundred of Chipping-Warden, county Northampton, 4 miles N.W. of Brackley, its post town, and 7 E. of Banbury. The village, which is small, is pleasantly situated in a well-wooded country, and most of the inhabitants are engaged in agriculture. The land is chiefly arable. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £291. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a plain structure with square tower. The charities are derived from land, and produce nearly £24 per annum, £11 of which are for the repairs of the church, and the remainder for the poor. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There is a National school, endowed with £32 per annum. William Pulsford, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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