Blakesley, Northamptonshire

Description
Blakesley, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire.. The village stands 4 1/2 miles W by N of Towcester station on the L. & N.W.R., and 6 S of Weedon; and has a post and money order office under Towcester, which is the telegraph office. The parish includes also the hamlet of Woodend, and part of the hamlet of Foxley. Acreage, 2391; population, 453. Blakesley Hall belonged anciently to the Knights of St John, and is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £280 with residence, in the gift of Hereford College, Oxford. The church, which contains a brass of 1416, is an ancient building of stone in. the Early English style. There arc Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and some valuable charities.