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"NASEBY, a parish in the hundred of Guilsborough, county Northampton, 32 1 miles S.E. of Welford, its post town, and 7 S.W. of Market-Harborough. The village, which is extensive, is situated on the lias hills near the centre of England, between the heads of the rivers Nen and Avon, the former of which flows eastward to the North Sea, and the latter westward into the Severn at Bristol. The village was formerly a market town. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. On the N. side of the village is Naseby field, where a pillar has been erected in commemoration of the great battle in which Cromwell defeated Charles I. and Prince Rupert on the 14th June, 1645. The views from this spot are very extensive, the surface being so elevated that upwards of thirty churches are plainly visible. Near the churchyard is a new stone cross, erected on the site of the old market cross which formerly stood here. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1820. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough, value £84. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a square embattled tower containing a clock and five bells. The church has some stained windows. The parochial charities consist in 12 acres of land and some cottages, the proceeds of which go towards the restoration of the church. There is a parochial school for both sexes, also an infant school. The Methodists have a place of worship. Mrs. Mary Frances Fitzgerald is lady 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

"NASEBY, a parish in the hundred of Guilsborough, county Northampton, 32 1 miles S.E. of Welford, its post town, and 7 S.W. of Market-Harborough. The village, which is extensive, is situated on the lias hills near the centre of England, between the heads of the rivers Nen and Avon, the former of which flows eastward to the North Sea, and the latter westward into the Severn at Bristol. The village was formerly a market town. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. On the N. side of the village is Naseby field, where a pillar has been erected in commemoration of the great battle in which Cromwell defeated Charles I. and Prince Rupert on the 14th June, 1645. The views from this spot are very extensive, the surface being so elevated that upwards of thirty churches are plainly visible. Near the churchyard is a new stone cross, erected on the site of the old market cross which formerly stood here. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment under an Enclosure Act in 1820. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £84. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a square embattled tower containing a clock and five bells. The church has some stained windows. The parochial charities consist in 12 acres of land and some cottages, the proceeds of which go towards the restoration of the church. There is a parochial school for both sexes, also an infant school. The Methodists have a place of worship. Mrs. Mary Frances Fitzgerald is lady of the manor."

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