Ringstead

"RINGSTEAD, a parish in the hundred of Higham-Ferrers, county Northampton, 2½ miles S.W. of Thrapston, its post town and railway station. The village, which is extensive, is situated on the eastern bank of the navigable river Nen. Some of the inhabitants are employed in shoemaking, and others in agriculture. Mill Cotton Roman camp, where coins, &c., have been discovered, is in this parish. The land is partly in common, but the greater part of the waste lands were taken in under an Enclosure Act passed in 1839. Building-stone is quarried. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £384 18s. 6d., and the vicarial for £147. There are also rent-charges of £10 8s. and £9 13s. payable to the Rector of Shelton and the Vicar of Rounds. The living is a vicarage annexed to that of Denford, in the diocese of Peterborough. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is of great antiquity, and has a tower and spire. The parochial charities produce about £31 per annum. The Wesleyans and Baptists have each a place of worship. T. Burton, Esq., is lord of the manor." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]