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Upper Heyford

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"UPPER HEYFORD, a parish in the hundred of Nobottle Grove, county Northampton, 5 miles W. of Northampton, 6½ S.E. of Daventry, and 2¾ E. of the Weedon station, on the London and North-Western railway. The village is inconsiderable, and wholly agricultural. The land is divided betwixt arable and pasture, and the soil is various. An Enclosure Act was passed in 1841. The inhabitants frequent the church of Nether Heyford, as there is no church here. The endowed school is also frequented by the children of this parish. There are charities to the amount of £20 per annum. Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., of Fawsley, 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

"UPPER HEYFORD, a parish in the hundred of Nobottle Grove, county Northampton, 5 miles W. of Northampton, 6½ S.E. of Daventry, and 2¾ E. of the Weedon station, on the London and North-Western railway. The village is inconsiderable, and wholly agricultural. The land is divided betwixt arable and pasture, and the soil is various. An Enclosure Act was passed in 1841. The inhabitants frequent the church of Nether Heyford, as there is no church here. The endowed school is also frequented by the children of this parish. There are charities to the amount of £20 per annum. Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., of Fawsley, is lord of the manor.

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