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Rothwell in Northampton County England History and GeographyROTHWELL, a parish (formerly a market town) in the hundred of ROTHWELL, county of NORTHAMPTON, 19 miles (N.N.E.) from Northampton, and 79 (N.W. by N.) from London, containing, with the chapelry of Orton, and the hamlet of Thorpe-Underwood, 1845 inhabitants. This town is supposed to have been much more extensive in former days than it is at present, and to have been surrounded with a wall and gates: it is situated on the southern side of a rocky hill. A small priory of nuns of the order of St. Augustine was founded here, probably by some of the Clare family; at the dissolution its revenue was estimated at £10. 10. 4. The market, which was considerable, has fallen into disuse, but one of the largest fairs in the county for cattle is held on Trinity-Monday: the ancient market-house, begun by Sir Thomas Tresham, but left in an unfinished state, is a curions ruin. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £7. 18. 11., endowed with £800 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Rev. W. Smythe, and W. T. Smythe, Esq. The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, has an embattled tower at the west end; the door is a fine specimen of the early style of English architecture. In a vault beneath is a remarkably curious collection of sculls and other bones, discovered about two hundred years ago by some workmen, whilst examining the lower part of the church. Here are two springs, one of a strong petrifying quality, and in the other are found numerous small bones. From Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England 1831, courtesy of Databases 4 Sale |
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