Kings Sutton

"KINGS SUTTON, a parish in the hundred of Kings Sutton, county Northampton, 4 miles S.E. of Banbury, and 5 W. of Brackley. The village, which is considerable, is situated on the Oxford canal, near the river Cherwell, which separates it from Oxfordshire. The parish includes the hamlets of Astrop, Charlton, and Purston. The principal residence is Astrop Hall, where Mr. Drake's hounds meet. There is a mineral spring known as St. Rumbald's well. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £87. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, contains an antique pulpit, and a rood loft with the figure of the Virgin. The Independents and Wesleyans have chapels. There is a National school for both sexes. The parochial charities produce about £160 per annum, of which £126 arise from Jenkinson's bequest for apprenticing poor children.

"ASTROP, a hamlet chiefly in the parish of Kings Sutton, but partly in the parish of Newbottle, in the hundred of Sutton, and county of Northampton, 5 miles to the W. of Brackley. It is situated on the eastern side of the river Cherwell, close to the borders of Oxfordshire. Here is a mineral spring, called Astrop Wells, which was discovered in 1664, and became a popular remedy for diseases of the skin. Aston Hall, the seat of the Willes, was erected about 1750."

"CHARLTON, a hamlet partly in the parish of Kings Sutton, and partly in the parish of Newbottle, in the county of Northampton, 4 miles W. of Brackley. Not far from this place is Rainsborough, a Roman camp, where coins of Vespasian have been discovered."

"PURSTON, a hamlet in the parishes of Kings Sutton and Newbottle, county Northampton, 5 miles N.W. of Brackley."

"WALTON, a hamlet in the parish of Kings Sutton, county Northampton, 5 miles S.W. of Brackley."