Nassington, Northamptonshire

Description
Nassington, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands on the river Nene, and on the Wansford and Seaton branch of the L. & N.W.R., on which it has a station, at the boundary with Huntingdon, and 5 1/2 miles N by E of Oundle, and has a post office under Wansford (R.S.O.); money order and telegraph office, Wansford. The parish comprises 2507 acres; population of the civil parish, 607 ; of the ecclesiastical, with Yarwell, 912. There is a parish council consisting of nine members, and it sends one member to the district council. Sulehay Lodge, formerly an extra-parochial tract, was annexed to Nassington in 1869, but the area is returned with that of Yarwell. The manor belongs to the Earl of Westmorland. The living is a vicarage, united with the perpetual curacy of Yarwell, in the diocese of Peterborough; joint net value, £212 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Peterborough. The church is an ancient building of stone in mixed styles, dating from the Early Norman period, and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with tower and crocheted spire. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels, and some small charities.