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"KILSBY, a parish in the hundred of Fawsley, county Northampton, 5½ miles N.W. of Daventry. Rugby is its post town. It is situated on the Oxford canal. The London and North-Western railway passes through the parish, and has a tunnel nearly 1½ mile in length. The old Roman way Watling Street passes to the W. of the village. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture. The surface is hilly, and a considerable portion of the parish is rich grazing land. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1777. The living is a vicarage' in the diocese of Peterborough, value £116, in the patronage of the Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral. The church, dedicated to St. Faith, has a tower crowned by a spire, and contains four bells. The charities produce about £10 per annum, a portion of which is appropriated for ecclesiastical purposes. The Independents have a chapel, and there are National and Sunday schools. Courts leet and baron, and a customary court, are held annually. Henry Arnold, Richard Lee, and Thomas Orton Gevy, Esqs., are lords 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

"KILSBY, a parish in the hundred of Fawsley, county Northampton, 5½ miles N.W. of Daventry. Rugby is its post town. It is situated on the Oxford canal. The London and North-Western railway passes through the parish, and has a tunnel nearly 1½ mile in length. The old Roman way Watling Street passes to the W. of the village. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in agriculture. The surface is hilly, and a considerable portion of the parish is rich grazing land. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1777. The living is a vicarage' in the diocese of Peterborough, value £116, in the patronage of the Precentor of Lincoln Cathedral. The church, dedicated to St. Faith, has a tower crowned by a spire, and contains four bells. The charities produce about £10 per annum, a portion of which is appropriated for ecclesiastical purposes. The Independents have a chapel, and there are National and Sunday schools. Courts leet and baron, and a customary court, are held annually. Henry Arnold, Richard Lee, and Thomas Orton Gevy, Esqs., are lords of the manor."

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