Plumpton, Northamptonshire

St John the Baptist church, Plumpton
Plumpton manor house

Plumpton is a place in Northamptonshire, England. The Ordnance Survey map shows it as having a church and a manor house. It is within the parish of "St Mary & St Peter Lois Weedon with Weston and Plumpton".[1]

The 1870-72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Plumpton as having a population of 42 in 12 houses, and describes the church as "good" and having a "pinnacled tower".[2] The church is now cared for by a charity, the St. John the Baptist, Plumpton, Heritage Trust.[3]

Plumpton was a civil parish until 1935[4]

References

  1. "St Mary & St Peter Lois Weedon with Weston and Plumpton". Church of England: A Church Near You. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  2. "Gazetteer entries for Plumpton". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. St. John the Baptist, Plumpton, Heritage Trust, Registered Charity no. 1050414 at the Charity Commission
  4. "Relationships / unit history of Plumpton". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 6 March 2011.

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Coordinates: 52°07′54″N 1°07′56″W / 52.13167°N 1.13222°W / 52.13167; -1.13222


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