FINESHADE, a parish in the hundred of CORBY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 8 miles (N. N. W.) from
Oundle, containing 76 inhabitants. The living is a
donative, in the patronage of C. Kirkman, Esq. The
church is dedicated to St. Mary. On the ruins of Castle-
Hymel, which was demolished in the reign of King
John, a priory of Black canons was founded by
Richard Engain, Lord of Blatherwike, in honour of the
Blessed Virgin, the revenue of which, at the dissolution,
was estimated at £62. 16.