Harringworth, Northamptonshire

Description
Harringworth, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire, on the river WeUand, adjacent to Rutlandshire, with a station on the Nottingham and Rettering branch of the M.R., and 1 mile from Seaton station on the L. & N.W.R. There is a post and money order office under Rettering; telegraph office at the railway station. Acreage, 3450; population, 340. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £196 with residence. The church has been restored, and is a building of stone in the Early English and Decorated styles; consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and south porch, with tower and spire, and contains monuments of the Tryons. There are a Congregational chapel and charities worth about £105 a year. An ancient cross stands in the centre of the village.