Litchborough, Northamptonshire

Description
Litchborough, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands 4 1/2 miles S of Weedon station on the L. & N.W.R. main line, 3 1/2 N from Blakesley station on the East and West Junction railway, and 5 NW of Towcester; it was anciently a fortified town called Lycanburgh, was taken by the Saxons in 571, and has a post office under Weedon; money order and telegraph office, Weedon. Acreage of parish, 1752 ; population, 334. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £302 with residence. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Gothic style; was restored in 1883; consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with western tower; and contains an altar-tomb to Sir John Needham. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed school with £35 a year, and charities of nearly £190.