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"WHITTLEBURY, (or Whittlewood), a parish in the hundred of Green's Norton, county Northampton, 3½ miles S.W. of Towcester. The village is situated on the road from Towcester to Buckingham, near Whittlebury Forest, which stretches into the adjoining counties of Bucks and Oxfordshire, forming part of the honour of Grafton. Above a fourth of the land is in meadow and pasture, another quarter is arable, and the remainder chiefly forest and woodland. Some of the females are employed in lace-making. The principal residence is Whittlebury Lodge, situated in the forest, the seat of Lord Southampton. The Duke of Grafton, of Wakefield Lodge, is lord-warden of the forest and lord of the manor. The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of Silverstone, in the diocese of Peterborough, value £380, in the patronage of the crown. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has been recently restored, and contains an old octagonal font embellished with the crest of the Fitzroys. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there are National schools. The local charities produce about £35 per annum, including £20 for education." [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

"WHITTLEBURY, (or Whittlewood), a parish in the hundred of Green's Norton, county Northampton, 3½ miles S.W. of Towcester. The village is situated on the road from Towcester to Buckingham, near Whittlebury Forest, which stretches into the adjoining counties of Bucks and Oxfordshire, forming part of the honour of Grafton. Above a fourth of the land is in meadow and pasture, another quarter is arable, and the remainder chiefly forest and woodland. Some of the females are employed in lace-making. The principal residence is Whittlebury Lodge, situated in the forest, the seat of Lord Southampton. The Duke of Grafton, of Wakefield Lodge, is lord-warden of the forest and lord of the manor. The living is a perpetual curacy, with that of Silverstone, in the diocese of Peterborough, value £380, in the patronage of the crown. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has been recently restored, and contains an old octagonal font embellished with the crest of the Fitzroys. The Wesleyans have a chapel, and there are National schools. The local charities produce about £35 per annum, including £20 for education.

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