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APETHORPE, a parish in the hundred of Willybrook, in the county of Northampton, 5 miles to the N. of Oundle. Wandesford is the post town. It is situated on a branch of the river Non, and contains Moorhay Lodge, an extra-parochial place in Rockingham forest. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Peterborough, value £80, in the patronage of the prebendary of Nassington. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard, and contains a richly decorated monument to Sir Anthony Mildmay, Bart., and his lady; it has also stalls and stained windows. There are several charities, which amount altogether to £66. Apethorpe Hall, built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, is the seat of the Earl of Westmoreland. James I. visited there on his way to London to take possession of the English crown; and there he first met his favourite, Villiers, afterwards Duke of Buckingham." [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

"APETHORPE, a parish in the hundred of Willybrook, in the county of Northampton, 5 miles to the N. of Oundle. Wandesford is the post town. It is situated on a branch of the river Non, and contains Moorhay Lodge, an extra-parochial place in Rockingham forest. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Peterborough, value £80, in the patronage of the prebendary of Nassington. The church is dedicated to St. Leonard, and contains a richly decorated monument to Sir Anthony Mildmay, Bart., and his lady; it has also stalls and stained windows. There are several charities, which amount altogether to £66. Apethorpe Hall, built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, is the seat of the Earl of Westmoreland. James I. visited there on his way to London to take possession of the English crown; and there he first met his favourite, Villiers, afterwards Duke of Buckingham."

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