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"NEWBOTTLE, a parish in the hundred of King's-Sutton, county Northampton, 4½ miles S.W. of Brackley, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The parish contains the hamlets of Astrop, Purston, and Charlton, at which latter place is Rainsborough Camp. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The surface is undulating, and the soil light but fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and beans. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough, value £293. The church, dedicated to St. James, has a low square tower containing two bells. The nave contains a monument to John Creswell bearing date 1704, and a brass to Peter Dormer and family. The parochial charities produce about £7 per annum. The Independents have a place of worship at Charlton. William C. Cartwright, Esq., is lord 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

"NEWBOTTLE, a parish in the hundred of King's-Sutton, county Northampton, 4½ miles S.W. of Brackley, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The parish contains the hamlets of Astrop, Purston, and Charlton, at which latter place is Rainsborough Camp. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The surface is undulating, and the soil light but fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and beans. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough, value £293. The church, dedicated to St. James, has a low square tower containing two bells. The nave contains a monument to John Creswell bearing date 1704, and a brass to Peter Dormer and family. The parochial charities produce about £7 per annum. The Independents have a place of worship at Charlton. William C. Cartwright, Esq., is lord of the manor."

"PURSTON, a hamlet in the parishes of Kings Sutton and Newbottle, county Northampton, 5 miles N.W. of Brackley."

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