Fawsley, Northamptonshire

Description
Fawsley, a village and parish in Northamptonshire. The parish lies 4 miles S from Daventry, and 5- WSW from Weedon station on the L. & N.W.R. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Daventry. Acreage, 1888; population, 61. The manor has belonged since the time of Henry III. to the family of Knightley. Fawsley Park, the seat of that family, stands in a charming situation amid an extensive park, is an ancient edifice, in various styles of architecture, and includes a magnificent apartment 54 feet long, 24 wide, and 43 high, with an open timber roof. The parish had for-'-merly a market. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £90 with residence. Patron£ Lord Knightley. The church is good and interesting, and contains monuments of the Knightleys. Bishop Wilkins was -a. native.