Maidwell, Northamptonshire

Description
Maidwell, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands near the Northampton and Market Harborough section of the L. & N.W.R., 1 1/2 mile NNW of Lamport railway station, and 7 miles S of Market Harborough, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Northampton. The parish comprises 1803 acres; population, 224. Maidwell Hall, a building of stone originally erected in 1637 and enlarged in 1885, belongs, with the manor, to the Loder family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £180 with residence. The church, a building of stone in mixed styles, consists of nave, S porch, vestry, and a western tower; contains some ancient and interesting monuments of the Haslewood and Holditch families.