Pattishall / Pateshull

"PATTISHALL, (or Pateshull), a parish in the hundred of Towcester, county Northampton, 4¼ miles N.W. of Towcester, its post town, and 5 W. of "the Blisworth station on the London and North-Western railway. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the Roman way, Watling Street, near the Grand Junction canal. It is chiefly agricultural. The parish comprises the hamlets of Ascote, Dalscote, Eastcote, and part of Foster's Booth. The living is a vicarage in two parts, called Upper and Lower, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to the Holy Cross, has a tower containing a clock and five bells. The parochial charities produce about £200 per annum, £20 of which goes to the support of two aged widows, £20 for the apprenticing of two boys, and the remainder to the poor, in fuel, &c. There is a free school, partially endowed by Thomas Young in 1684. The Baptists and Primitive Methodists have each a place of worship. Chief Justices Simon and Martin de Pateshull, Bishop Hugh de Pateshull, and Dean Steward, were born in this parish. The Earl of Pomfret is lord of the manor.

"ASCOTS, a hamlet in the parish of Pattishall, hundred of Towcester, in the county of Northampton, 3 miles from Towcester. It is not far from Watling Street."

"CATCHEM'S-END, a hamlet in the parish of Pattishall, hundred of Towcester, in the county of Northampton, 4 miles to the N. of Towcester. It is near the London and North-Western railway."

"DALSCOT, (or Darlscot), a hamlet in the parish of Pattishall, hundred of Towcester, in the county of Northampton, 3½ miles N.E. of Towcester.

"EASTCOTE, a hamlet in the parish of Pattishall, county Northampton, 3 miles N. of Towcester."

"FOSTERS BOOTH, a hamlet in the parishes of Cold Higham and Pattishall, hundred of Towcester, county Northampton, 4 miles N.W. of Towcester, and 7 S.W. of Northampton.