In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Preston Deanery like this:
PRESTON-DEANERY, a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; on an affluent of the river Nen, 3½ miles S E of Northampton r. station. Post-town, Northampton. Acres, 1, 470. Real property, £2, 508. Pop., 80. Houses, 14. The property is chiefly dividedbetween two. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £173. Patron, P. L. Christie, Esq. The church is old.
Preston Deanery through time
Preston Deanery is now part of South Northamptonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Northamptonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Preston Deanery itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Preston Deanery in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8130
Date accessed: 29th March 2024
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