GRETTON, a parish in the hundred of CORBY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 2 miles (N.E.) from Rockingham,
containing 687 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
vicarage with the perpetual curacy of Duddington,
in the peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Prebendary
of Gretton in the Cathedral Church of Lincoln,
rated in the king's books at £ 19. 6. 8. The church is
dedicated to St. James. Here is a place of worship for
Baptists. Kirby-hall, a spacious rectangular mansion
erected by Sir Christopher Hatton in the reign of Elizabeth,
is in this parish.