Nether Heyford

"NETHER HEYFORD, a parish in the hundred of Nobottle Grove, county Northampton, 2¼ miles S.E. of the Weedon railway station, its post town, 6 S.E. of Daventry, and 6 S.W. of Northampton. The village, which is small, is situated on the river Nen and the Grand Junction canal and is chiefly agricultural. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The North-Western railway and the ancient Watling Street pass in the vicinity. There are some extensive smelting-works belonging to the Northampton Iron Works. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £152. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, has a square tower containing a clock and four bells. The interior of the church contains the tomb of Judge Morgan, who pronounced sentence on Lady Jane Grey, and the brass of a Mauntill, bearing date 1497. The parochial charities produce about £145 per annum, of which £105 goes to Bliss's school. There are places of worship for the Primitive Methodists and Baptists. Sir Charles Knightley, Bart., of Fawsley, is lord of the manor. Dr. John Preston, known as the Patriarch of the Puritans, was born here. There is a mixed school for Upper and Nether Heyford, endowed above a century and a half ago with £400 by William Bliss, and is open to all children of the name of Bliss within 5 miles. There are places of worship for the Baptists and Primitive Methodists.