Moulton, Northamptonshire

Description
Moulton, a large village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands 3 miles E of Pitsford and Bramp-ton station on the L. & N.W.R., and 4 NE by N of Northampton, and has a post, money order, and telegraph officeunder Northampton. The parish comprises 3140 acres; population, 1382. There is a parish council consisting of thirteen members, and two members are sent to the district council. Moulton Grange is occupied by the Jamesons. Holly Lodge is a fine mansion of stone, standing in grounds of about 40 acies. Thorplands is a chief residence. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; netvalue, £150 with residence. The church is a building of stone in the Norman, Transitional, and later styles, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a lofty tower and six bells. There are Baptist, Wesleyan, and Primitive Methodist chapels, and charities amounting, it is said, for-Jnerly to £120 a year, but now much diminished.