HEYFORD (NETHER), a parish in the hundred of
NOBOTTLEGROVE, county of NORTHAMPTON, 7 miles
(W. by S.) from Northampton, containing 422 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of
Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in
the king's books at £8. 10. 5. The Rev. J. L. Crawley
was patron in 1809. The church is dedicated to St.
Peter and St. Paul. A school for the children of
Upper and Nether Heyford, and all of the name of
Bliss within five miles, was endowed by W. Bliss,
with a bequest of £400, but at what period is not
known. The Grand Junction canal passes through
the parish, and on its southern boundary runs the
Watling - street. Dr. John Preston, surnamed the
Patriarch of the Puritans, was born here in 1587.