Whiston, Northamptonshire

Description
Whiston, a village and a small parish in Northamptonshire, on the river Nene, 1 1/2 mile SW of Castle Ashby and Earls Barton station on the Northampton and Peterborough branch of the L. & N.W.R., and 6 1/2 miles E by S of Northampton. Post town, Northampton; money order office, Earls Barton; telegraph office, Castle Ashby. Acreage, 833; population, 67. The manor, with all the land, belongs to Lord Boston. Place House is alleged, but without any good evidence, to have been a residence of King John. The living is a rectory, with part of Denton annexed, in the diocese of Peterborough; gross value, £190 with residence. Patron, Lord Boston. The church is a building of stone in the Late Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, S porch, and a lofty embattled western tower.