Orlingbury, Northamptonshire

Description
Orlingbury, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands 2 1/2 miles SW of Isham and Burton Latimer station on the main line of the M.R., and 4 NW by N of Wellingborough, and has a post office under Wellingborough; money order and telegraph office, Wellingborough. The parish comprises 1939 acres; population, 288. The manor, with Orlingbury House, a fine mansion of stone, belongs to the Young family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £150 with residence. The church, a cruciform building of stone in the Decorated style, was rebuilt in 1843, and has a large circular E window, and a lofty balustraded and pinnacled tower. It has an ancient alabaster effigy, which is assigned by local tradition to " Jock of Bat-saddle," who is said to have killed the last wolf in England. Manning, the Saxon scholar, and one of the authors of the " History of Surrey," was a native. There are some ancient brasses, and also memorials of the Young and other families.