Newbottle, Northamptonshire

Description
Newbottle, a village and a parish in Northamptonshire. The village stands 2 1/4 miles E of the river Cherwell at the boundary with Oxfordshire, 2 E of King's Sutton station on the Oxford and Birmingham section of the G.W.R., and 8 1/2 W of Brackley, and has a post and telegraph office at Charlton. The parish contains also part of the hamlets of Astrop, Charlton, and Purston, and since 1885 it has been united with the parish of King's Sutton for all civil purposes. Area of King's Sutton, with Newbottle, 6356 acres; population, 1564; of the ecclesiastical parish of Newbottle, with Charlton, 425. There is a parish council for the united parish of King's Sutton and Newbottle consisting of thirteen members. The manor belonged formerly to the Tuftons, and belongs now to the Cartwright family. Charlton Lodge and the Manor House are chief residences. An ancient camp, called Rainsborough, is on Charlton Hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Peterborough ; net value, £139 with residence. The church is a building of stone in the Norman and later styles; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a low W tower, and contains a monument to Mr J. F. Creswell, some ancient brasses, and a Norman font. Amongst other improvements a beautiful E window was placed in the church in 1894 in memory of Lady Elizabeth Cartwright. There is a Congregational chapel.