Place:


Wittering  Northamptonshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wittering like this:

WHITTERING, or Wittering, a parish in the district of Stamford and county of Northampton; 2½ miles NNW of Wansford-Road r. station, and 3½ SSE of Stamford. Post town, Wansford. Acres, 2,690. Real property, £2,558. Pop., 235. Houses, 52. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Exeter. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £112.* Patron, the Marquis of Exeter. The church is partly Norman, partly early English.

Wittering through time

Wittering is now part of Peterborough district. Click here for graphs and data of how Peterborough has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wittering itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wittering, in Peterborough and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8353

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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