NORTHBOROUGH, a parish in the liberty of
PETERBOROUGH, county of NORTHAMPTON, 1 mile
(S. E. by s.) from Market-Deeping, containing 232
inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry
of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough,
rated in the king's books at £10. 19. 7., and in the
patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Peterborough.
The church, dedicated to St. Andrew, has a fine admixture
of the Norman and the various later styles of
English architecture, and contains a monument, with
other memorials, to the family of Claypole, of whom
John married Elizabeth, daughter of Oliver Cromwell,
who created him a baronet in 1657, and made him Master
of the Horse, and a Lord of the Bedchamber. Their
ancient mansion, a beautiful specimen of the decorated
style, has been converted into a farm-house.