APETHORPE, a parish in the hundred of WILLYBROOK,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 4 miles (S. W. by W.)
from Wansford, containing 257 inhabitants. The living
is a perpetual curacy, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
Prebendary of Nassington, and in the patronage of the
Vicar of Nassington. The church, dedicated to St.
Leonard, contains a sumptuous monument to the memory
of Sir Anthony Mildmay, Bart., and his lady.