Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRADDEN

BRADDEN, a parish in Towcester district, Northampton; on the river Tove, 3 miles W of Towcester r. station, and 7 SW by W of Blisworth. Post Town, Towcester. Acres, 1,000. Real property, £1,560. Pop., 140. Houses, 39. The property is divided among a few. Bradden House is the seat of the Rev.Ives. The parish is a resort of Sportsmen. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £227.* Patron, the Rev.Ives. The church was Rebuilt in 1859. Bishop Van Mildert was for some time rector. Charities, £55.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bradden AP/CP       Towcester RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Bradden

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