BOWDEN (LITTLE), a parish in the hundred of
ROTHWELL, county of NORTHAMPTON, half of a mile
(E.S.E.) from Market-Harborough, containing, with the
hamlet of Little Oxenden, 314 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,, and
diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£15. 4. 2., and in the patronage of the Rev. John
Barlow. The parochial school has a small endowment.