North Kilworth, Leicestershire

Description
Kilworth, North, a village and a parish in Leicestershire. The village stands near the Grand Union Canal, the river Avon, and the boundary with Northampton, 5 miles E by S of Lutterworth, and has a station called Welford and Kilworth on the L. & N.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Rugby; telegraph office, Husbands Bos-worth. The parish comprises 2099 acres; population, 428. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value, £450, in the gift of the Belgrave family. The church, dedicated to St Andrew, is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles, was restored and partly rebuilt in 1865, has a low tower with a spire, and contains a carved oak lectern, and a modern stone and marble font. There are a Baptist chapel and a few small charities.