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"MOULTON, a parish in the hundred of Spelhoe, county Northampton, 4 miles N. of Northampton, its post town, and 8 W. of Wellingborough. The village, which is of large extent, is chiefly agricultural. It is situated near the river Nen, and includes the extra parochial place of Moulton Park. The surface is generally flat, and the soil a stiff clay alternated with red sand. The land is nearly all arable. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1772. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough, value £391. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a stone edifice, with a square tower, which has recently been made higher. The parochial charities produce about £120 per annum, besides cottages for the poor. There are National schools for both sexes, also schools for the instruction of girls in making lace. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a place of worship. Moulton Grange and Thorplands are the principal residences." [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

"MOULTON, a parish in the hundred of Spelhoe, county Northampton, 4 miles N. of Northampton, its post town, and 8 W. of Wellingborough. The village, which is of large extent, is chiefly agricultural. It is situated near the river Nen, and includes the extra parochial place of Moulton Park. The surface is generally flat, and the soil a stiff clay alternated with red sand. The land is nearly all arable. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1772. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £391. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a stone edifice, with a square tower, which has recently been made higher. The parochial charities produce about £120 per annum, besides cottages for the poor. There are National schools for both sexes, also schools for the instruction of girls in making lace. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a place of worship. Moulton Grange and Thorplands are the principal residences."

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