In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Little Houghton like this:
HOUGHTON (Little), a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; on the river Nen and the Northampton and Peterborough railway, near Billing Road r. station, 3½ miles E by S of Northampton. It has a post office under Northampton. Acres, 1, 070. Real property, £3, 817. Pop., 578. ...
Houses, 134. The manor belongs to W. Smyth, Esq.; and most of the land belongs to him, to T. Marriot, Esq., and to the Rev.Smyth. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Brafield-on-the-Green, in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £350. * Patron, the Rev.Smyth. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, an endowed school with £21 a year, and some charities.
Little Houghton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Little Houghton in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8034
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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