HELLIDON, a parish in the hundred of FAWSLEY, county of NORTHAMPTON, 5 miles (S.W.) from Daventry, containing 408 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, endowed with £200 royal bounty. T. and M. Scrafton, Esqrs. were patrons in 1806. The church is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists! In 1618, Mr. John Ball bequeathed £100 for the erection of a school-room, and a rent-charge of £10 a year towards the support of a master; twenty children are educated. The Rev. Sir John Knightly bequeathed £5. 3. per annum towards a Sunday school. The source of the river Leame is near the village.