Weekley

"WEEKLEY, a parish in the hundred of Corby, county Northampton, 2 miles N.E. of Kettering, its post town, and 76 from London. The village is situated on a branch of the river Nen, and on the road from Kettering to Stamford. The parish includes Boughton House and Park, the seat of the Duke of Buccleuch, containing many portraits and cartoons. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Peterborough, value £94. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains monuments of the Montague family, and several effigies of the Dukes of Buccleuch. The parochial charities produce about £145 per annum, of which £20 go towards Latham's school, and £120 to Montague's hospital for a master and 6 brethren. There is an infant school supported by the Duchess of Buccleuch. The Duke of Buccleuch is lord of the manor."

"BOUGHTON, a hamlet in the parish of Weekley, hundred of Corby, in the county of Northampton, 3 miles to the N.E. of Kettering. Boughton Park is the seat of the Duke of Buccleuch. The mansion was originally erected by Ralph Duke of Montague, and was surrounded by grounds and gardens of immense extent, and adorned in the most costly style. In 1695 the duke entertained here King William III. and his whole court. The house was partly rebuilt by John, the second duke. It has a large collection of paintings, the most valuable of which are two of Raffaelle's cartoons, "Ezekiel's Vision," and a "Holy Family." There are portraits of Edward VI., and Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford."