Lilford cum Wigsthorpe, Northamptonshire

Description
Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe, a parish in Northamptonshire, on the river Nen, near the Northampton and Peterborough section of the L. & N.W.R., 1 mile W from Barnwell station, and 3 miles S by W of Oundle. It contains the hamlet of Wigsthorpe, and its post town and money order office is Oundle; telegraph office, Wadenhoe. Acreage, 808; population of the civil parish, 176; of the ecclesiastical, with Ihorpe Achurch, 365. The manor and the whole of the land, with Lilford Hall, belong to Lord Lilford, and give him his title of Baron. The hall was built in 1635, is a beautiful building in the Elizabethan style, stands on an eminence surrounded by terraced gardens and a well-wooded park of about 160 acres, and has some extensive aviaries containing eagles, falcons, and other birds. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Thorpe Achurch, in the diocese of Peterborough; joint gross yearly value, £300 with residence. Patron, Lord Lilford. The church was pulled down about the end of the 18th century, its monuments being re-erected in the church at Achurch.