Description
Greatworth, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire, 2 1/2 miles NNE from Farthinghoe station on the L. & N.W.R. and 4 1/2 NW by N from Brackley. There is a post office under Banbury; money order office, Salgrave; telegraph office, Helmdon. Acreage, 882; population, 167. The manor belongs to Lieufc-CoL Sir Arthur Divett Hayter, Bart. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; gross yearly value,, £203 with residence. The church consists of nave and chancel, with an embattled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel and some small charities.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
