Desborough Study: Transcriptions
POST OFFICE DIRECTORY 1847
DESBOROUGH
DESBOROUGH is a parish and village distant 6 miles north of Kettering, 5
miles south of Market Harborough, and 81
miles from London, in the Hundred of Rothwell, and diocese of Peterborough. The
living is a rectory, value £70, in the gift of Mrs. Anderson;
the Rev. - Wilson, M.A., is the present incumbent. Here are
three chapels, one Baptist, one Calvinist, and one Wesleyan. The church
has a spire, and has recently been repaired. The population in 1841, was
1,388; the parish contains upwards of 2,000 acres. Mrs. Anderson
is lady of the manor.
[GENTRY]
Dorkins Mr. William
Thompson Samuel, esq
Walker Rev. Samuel
Letters are received through the Kettering office; arrive 11 a.m.
despatched 3 p.m.
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