Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HARRINGWORTH

HARRINGWORTH, a parish in the district of Uppingham, and county of Northampton; on the river Welland and on the Rugby and Stamford railway, adjacent to Rutlandshire, 1 mile from Seaton r. station, and 5 NE by N of Rockingham. Post-town, Uppingham. Acres, 3,060. Reaproperty, £5,504. Pop., 360. Houses, 75. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Thomas Tryon, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £174.* Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is good; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and S porch, with tower and spire; and contains monuments of the Tryons. An endowed school has £35; and other charities have £29.


(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: Harringworth AP/CP       Uppingham RegD/PLU       Northamptonshire AncC
Place: Harringworth

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