In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Great Billing like this:
BILLING (Great), a parish in the district and county of Northampton; near the river Nen, 1½ mile N of Billing Road r. station, and 4 ENE of Northampton. It has a post office under Northampton. Acres, 1,290. property is divided among a few. The manor belonged formerly to the O'Briens, Earls of Thomond; and belongs now to the Elweses. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £495.* Patron, Brasenose College, Oxford The church is very-good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, a parochial school, and charities £39. Sir J. Wake, the diplomatist of James I., was a native.
Great Billing through time
Great Billing is now part of Northampton district. Click here for graphs and data of how Northampton has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Great Billing itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Great Billing, in Northampton and Northamptonshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7574
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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