Gayton, Northamptonshire

Description
Gayton, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire, on the Grand Junction Canal and the L. & N.W.R., 2 miles-NW of Blisworth station, and 4^ N of Towcester, with a post,, money order, and telegraph office under Blisworth (R.S.O.) Acreage, 1736; population, 472. Limestone and ironstone-are worked. Gayton House is a chief residence. The living" is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net yearly value, £276 with residence. Patron, Sidney-Sussex College, Cambridge. The church is a building of stone in the Early English style, has a tower, and contains an altar-tomb of the 16th century to Francis Tanfield, and some other interesting monuments. There is a Wesleyan chapel. The gross-income of the Alms Trust charity, from rent and money invested, amounts to about £270. Iron was formerly worked on the charity lands, and the money thus raised was invested in the consols. Three working men are elected on the trust as representative trustees.