Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WAPPENHAM

WAPPENHAM, a parish, with a village and two hamlets, in Towcester and Brackley districts, Northampton; 5 miles SW of Towcester r. station. Post town, Towcester. Acres, 2,980. Real property, £3,604. Pop., 650. Houses, 136. The manor belongs to Lord Southampton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £470.* Patron, the Bishop of P. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £30.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish, with a village and two hamlets"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wappenham CP/AP       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Wappenham

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