Description
Plumpton, a small village and a parish in Northamptonshire, 6 1/2 miles W of Towcester, 10 S by E of Daventry, and 2 NE of Blakesley station on the East and West Junction railway. Post town and money order and telegraph office, Towcester. Acreage of parish, 894; population, 18. Most of the land belongs to Jesus College, Oxford. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough; net value, £37 with residence. Patron, Jesus College, Oxford. The church is a building of stone in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, S porch, and an embattled western tower.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
