In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitfield like this:
WHITFIELD, a parish, with a village, in Brackley district, Northampton; 2½ miles NNE of Brackley r. station. It has a postal letter-box under Brackley. Acres, 1,210. Real property, £2,054. Pop., 265. Houses, 65. The manor belongs to Worcester college, Oxford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £258.* Patron, Worcester College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a partially endowed national school, and charities £33.
Whitfield through time
Whitfield 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 Whitfield itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitfield in South Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8346
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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