ASHBY-MEARS, a parish in the hundred of
HAMFORDSHOE, county of NORTHAMPTON, 3 miles
(W. by S.) from Wellingborough, containing 442 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough,
rated in the king's books at £4. 13. 9., and
in the patronage of Sir J. Langham, Bart. The church
is dedicated to All Saints.