Chipping Warden

"CHIPPING-WARDEN, a parish in the hundred of Chipping-Warden, in the county of Northampton, 6 miles N. of Banbury, its post town, and 10 S.W. of Daventry. The Great Western railway passes within 6 miles of the village, and has a station at Banbury. The village, which was formerly a market town, is pleasantly situated on the turnpike road from Banbury to Daventry. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £277, in the patronage of Lady S. North. The church, dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a commodious stone edifice, in the decorated style, with square embattled and pinnacled tower, and galilee at the W. end. The Wesleyans have a place of worship here, and there is a National school, erected in 1832 by the Baroness North. There are charities arising from the town estate which amount to £81 per annum. Chipping-Warden Hall, formerly the residence of Lady North, is now a farmhouse. Here is a meet for the hounds of Mr. Drake. Lady North is lady of the manor. At Black-Grounds, a short distance from the village, is the site of the Roman station Brinavæ, covering about 40 acres, where coins and other antiquities have been found. Arbury Banks, also in the vicinity, is supposed to have been a Danish camp." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]