HARPOLE, a parish in the hundred of NOBOTTLEGROVE,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 4 miles (W.) from
Northampton, containing 687 inhabitants. The living
is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and
diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£18. 13. 4. Earl Fitzwilliam was patron in 1803.
The church, dedicated to All Saints, is partly Norman,
and partly in the early style of English architecture.
There is a place of worship for Baptists. In pursuance
of an act of parliament passed in 1778 for enclosing
land, an allotment was made for the support of a free
school; the rental is £50 a year, for which all children
who apply are educated.