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"PASTON, a parish in the liberty of Peterborough, county Northampton, 2½ miles N. by W. of Peterborough, its post town. It has a station at Walton on the Midland railway. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The parish comprises the hamlets of Gunthorpe, Werrington, and Walton. Certain tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, in 1803, under an Enclosure Act; and under the recent Commutation Act a rent-charge of £140 is paid to the bishop, and a similar sum to the rector. The glebe contains 64 acres. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough, value £644, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a spired tower. The parochial charities produce about £42 per annum, of which £20 goes to Mountsteven's almshouses on Paston Green, with an additional £2 by Sir Charles Clarke, Bart., M.D. There is a chapel-of-ease at Werrington, at which place are situated the National schools, for the better convenience of the inhabitants, also a place of worship for the Wesleyans. The Bishop of Peterborough and Charles Cole, Esq., are lords of the manor." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
"WERRINGTON, a chplry. in the par. of Paston, co. Northampton, 4 miles N.W. of Peterborough." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"PASTON, a parish in the liberty of Peterborough, county Northampton, 2½ miles N. by W. of Peterborough, its post town. It has a station at Walton on the Midland railway. The village, which is of small extent, is wholly agricultural. The parish comprises the hamlets of Gunthorpe, Werrington, and Walton. Certain tithes were commuted for land and a money payment, in 1803, under an Enclosure Act; and under the recent Commutation Act a rent-charge of £140 is paid to the bishop, and a similar sum to the rector. The glebe contains 64 acres. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £644, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to All Saints, has a spired tower. The parochial charities produce about £42 per annum, of which £20 goes to Mountsteven's almshouses on Paston Green, with an additional £2 by Sir Charles Clarke, Bart., M.D. There is a chapel-of-ease at Werrington, at which place are situated the National schools, for the better convenience of the inhabitants, also a place of worship for the Wesleyans. The Bishop of Peterborough and Charles Cole, Esq., are lords of the manor."
"GUNTHORPE, a hamlet in the parish of Paston, liberty of Peterborough, county Northampton, 3 miles N. of Peterborough."
"WALTON, a hamlet in the parish of Paston, liberty of Peterborough, county Northampton, 3 miles N.W. of Peterborough. It is a station on the Midland railway."
"WERRINGTON, a chapelry in the parish of Paston, county Northampton, 4 miles N.W. of Peterborough."
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