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"OVERSTONE, a parish in the hundred of Spelhoe, county Northampton, 5 miles N.E. of Northampton, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The land is chiefly arable, with some woodland and plantations. The soil is a fine red loam. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £265. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a modern edifice, with an E. window of painted glass. The parochial charities produce about £2 per annum. A school has been erected at the expense of Lewis Loyd, Esq., who 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

"OVERSTONE, a parish in the hundred of Spelhoe, county Northampton, 5 miles N.E. of Northampton, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The land is chiefly arable, with some woodland and plantations. The soil is a fine red loam. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £265. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a modern edifice, with an E. window of painted glass. The parochial charities produce about £2 per annum. A school has been erected at the expense of Lewis Loyd, Esq., who is lord of the manor."

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