Lilbourne, Northamptonshire

Description
Lilbourne, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands on the river Avon, near the Rugby and Market Harborough section of the L. & N.W.B., on which it has a station, near the meeting-point of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, and Warwickshire, 4 miles from Rngby. Post town and money order office, Rugby; telegraph office, Clifton. The parish comprises 1710 acres; population, 195. The manor belongs to Lord Braye. Extensive tumuli are in a field at the E end of the church, and at the base of these a castle was built in the 2nd century by the Romans during their second invasion. This was destroyed in the 12th century, and it is said that the churches of Lilbourne and Clay Coton were built from its materials in the 13th century. An engagement between the Danes and the Saxons is said to have been fought at Roundhill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £147 with residence. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church, a building of stone partly in the Early English style, consists of nave, aisles, and chance], with low embattled tower. There is a Wesleyan chapel and also three small charities.