PLUMPTON, a parish in the hundred of GREENSNORTON,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 6 miles (w.) from
Towcester, containing 63 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's
books st £ 10, and in the patronage of the Rev. Benjamin
Hill. The church is dedicated to St. John
the Baptist.