PISFORD, a parish in the hundred of SPELHOE, county of NORTHAMPTON, 5 miles (N.) from Northampton, containing 506 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at £17 19. 7., and in the patronage of Colonel Vyse. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, has a mixture of various styles; the south doorway is a fine specimen of the Norman, and the font is very curious and ancient. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. A branch of the river Nene, and numerous smaller streams, run through the parish. Limestone and a peculiar white soft sand abound here. Near the London road is a sepulchral tumulus, called Lyman Hill; and on a neighbouring heath is a small ancient encampment, called Barrow, or Borough Dykes, nearly obliterated by the plough.