In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rothersthorpe like this:
ROTHERSTHORPE, a parish in Hardingstone district, Northamptonshire; on the Northampton canal, 1½mile N W of Blisworth r. station, and 4 S W of Northampton. Post-town, Northampton. Acres, 1, 200. Real property, £2, 294. Pop., 289. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £115.* Patron, Mr. John Collier. The church is good. There is a Baptist chapel.
Rothersthorpe through time
Rothersthorpe 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 Rothersthorpe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rothersthorpe in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8144
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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