Description
Blatherwick, or Blatherwycke, a parish in Northamptonshire, on an affluent of the river Nen, 3 miles SW of King's Cliffe station on the L. & N.W.R., and 6 NW by N of Oundle. It comprises the ancient parishes of Holy Trinity and St .Mary Magdalene, united in 1448, and has a post office under Wansford; money order office, King's Cliffe; telegraph office, Bulwick. Acreage, 2011; population, 142. Blatherwick Hall is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £330 with residence. The church has a brass of Sir H. Stafford of 1548, and is an ancient building of stone, the nave and the tower being Early Norman, and the chancel Early English. There is also a private chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
