Molesworth, Huntingdonshire

Description
Molesworth, a parish, with a village, in Huntingdonshire, adjacent to Northamptonshire, 5 1/4 miles ESE of Thrapston, and 3 1/4 NW of Kimbolton station on the Kettering and Cambridge branch of the M.R. It has a post office under Thrapston ; money order and telegraph office, Catworth. Acreage, 1787 ; population, 173. The manor belongs to the Welstead family. A tract in the N is called Molesworth Wold. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Ely ; net value, £67 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Chester. The church is an ancient building of stone chiefly in the Perpendicular style, and consists of nave and chancel (a fine specimen of Early English work), with a tower. The south porch was built in 1890. The church was restored in 1884-85.