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"GREENS NORTON, a parish in the hundred of the same name, county Northampton, 2 miles N.W. of Towcester, its post town, and 6 E. of Canons Ashby. It is situated on the old Roman road, Watling Street. The river Tove, or Tow, flows through the parish, which includes the hamlets of Bengall, Duncote, Field Burcote, and Littleworth. It .is believed to have been the birth-place of Catherine Parr. There is a chalybeate spring near Kingston Wood. Shoemaking is the principal employment. The soil is good, resting upon a substratum of limestone and red sandstone. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £771, in the patronage of the crown. The church is a fine stone edifice dedicated to St. Bartholomew. It has an ancient font and monumental figures, and a brass of the Greene family, from whom the place takes the first part of its name. There are charities of about £14 yearly value. Here is a National school with a small endowment, and one for infants. The Duke of Grafton 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
"GREENS NORTON, a parish in the hundred of the same name, county Northampton, 2 miles N.W. of Towcester, its post town, and 6 E. of Canons Ashby. It is situated on the old Roman road, Watling Street. The river Tove, or Tow, flows through the parish, which includes the hamlets of Bengall, Duncote, Field Burcote, and Littleworth. It .is believed to have been the birth-place of Catherine Parr. There is a chalybeate spring near Kingston Wood. Shoemaking is the principal employment. The soil is good, resting upon a substratum of limestone and red sandstone. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £771, in the patronage of the crown. The church is a fine stone edifice dedicated to St. Bartholomew. It has an ancient font and monumental figures, and a brass of the Greene family, from whom the place takes the first part of its name. There are charities of about £14 yearly value. Here is a National school with a small endowment, and one for infants. The Duke of Grafton is lord of the manor."
"BENGAL, a hamlet in the parish and hundred of Greens Norton, in the county of Northampton, near Towcester."
"DUNCOTE, a hamlet in the parish of Greens-Norton, in the county of Northampton, 2 miles N.W. of Towcester."
"FIELD-BURCOTE, a hamlet in the parish and hundred of Greens Norton, county Northampton, 1 mile N.W. of Towcester."
"LITTLEWORTH, a hamlet in the parish of Greens Norton, county Northampton, 1 mile N.W. of Towcester."
"POTCOTE, a hamlet in the parishes of Greens Norton and Cold Higham, county Northampton, 3 miles N.W. of Towcester."
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