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"HARDWICK, a parish in the hundred of Orlingbury, county Northampton, 3½ miles W. of Wellingborough, its post town, and 1¾ mile from Great Harrowden. It is situated on the river Nen, and is of small extent, containing only a few farmhouses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £268. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a small ancient structure, with square tower. In the interior are several ancient monuments to the Bagshaw and Nicolls families, and a very handsome marble one, of recent erection, to a daughter of Robert Andrew, Esq., of Harleston Park. The principal object of interest is a farmhouse, which was once the residence of the Knights Templars. John Thornton, 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

"HARDWICK, a parish in the hundred of Orlingbury, county Northampton, 3½ miles W. of Wellingborough, its post town, and 1¾ mile from Great Harrowden. It is situated on the river Nen, and is of small extent, containing only a few farmhouses. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £268. The church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is a small ancient structure, with square tower. In the interior are several ancient monuments to the Bagshaw and Nicolls families, and a very handsome marble one, of recent erection, to a daughter of Robert Andrew, Esq., of Harleston Park. The principal object of interest is a farmhouse, which was once the residence of the Knights Templars. John Thornton, Esq., is lord of the manor."

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