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"RAVENSTHORPE, a parish in the hundreds of Nobottle Grove and Guilsborough, county Northampton, 8 miles N.W. of Northampton, its post town, and the same distance N.E. of Daventry. The village, which is of considerable extent, is situated on a branch of the river Nen, and about 2 miles from the main road between Northampton and Dunchurch. The parish includes the hamlets of Coton-under-Guilsborough and Teetor. The surface is undulating, and the land nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £81, and there are 96 acres of glebe. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough, value £243, in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Denis, has an embattled tower containing a clock and five bells. The parochial charities produce about £85 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Baptists have a place of worship. Lord Willoughby de Brooke 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

"RAVENSTHORPE, a parish in the hundreds of Nobottle Grove and Guilsborough, county Northampton, 8 miles N.W. of Northampton, its post town, and the same distance N.E. of Daventry. The village, which is of considerable extent, is situated on a branch of the river Nen, and about 2 miles from the main road between Northampton and Dunchurch. The parish includes the hamlets of Coton-under-Guilsborough and Teetor. The surface is undulating, and the land nearly evenly divided between arable and pasture. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £81, and there are 96 acres of glebe. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £243, in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Christ Church, Oxford. The church, dedicated to St. Denis, has an embattled tower containing a clock and five bells. The parochial charities produce about £85 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes. The Baptists have a place of worship. Lord Willoughby de Brooke is lord of the manor."

"COTON, (or Coton-under-guilsborough), a hamlet in the parish of Ravensthorpe, hundred of Guilsborough, in the county of Northampton, 7 miles N.E. of Daventry.

"TEETON, a hamlet in the parish of Ravensthorpe, hundred of Newbottle-Grove, county Northampton, 7 miles N.W. of Northampton."

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