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Lilford

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"LILFORD, a parish in the hundred of Huxloe, {though locally in that of Polebrook, }county Northampton, 3 miles S.W. of Oundle, its post town. The parish, which is small, is situated on the river Nen, and contains the hamlet of Wigsthorpe. It is intersected by the Northampton railway. The living is a vicarage annexed to the rectory of Thorpe Achurch, in the dioc, of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. It contains monuments and effigies of the Elmes and Powys families. The charities produce about £8 per annum. Lilford confers the title of baron on, the Powys family, who reside at Lilford Hall." [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

"LILFORD, a parish in the hundred of Huxloe, though locally in that of ave Polebrook, }county Northampton, 3 miles S.W. of Oundle, its post town. The parish, which is small, is situated on the river Nen, and contains the hamlet of Wigsthorpe. It is intersected by the Northampton railway. The living is a vicarage annexed to the rectory* of Thorpe Achurch, in the dioc, of Peterborough. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. It contains monuments and effigies of the Elmes and Powys families. The charities produce about £8 per annum. Lilford confers the title of baron on, the Powys family, who reside at Lilford Hall."

"WIGSTHORPE, a hamlet in the parish of Lilford, county Northampton, 4 miles S. of Oundle."

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