SULGRAVE, a parish in the hundred of CHIPPINGWARDEN,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 8 miles (N. by
W.) from Bracldey, containing 578 inhabitants. The
living is a discharged vicarage, in the archdeaconry of
Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the
king's books at £9. 17., and in the patronage of W.
Harding, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. James.
Near it, to the westward, is Castle hill; and about a
mile to the northward is an artificial mount, called
Burrough hill, crowned with an ancient fortification,
forty feet square, and commanding a most extensive
prospect, nine counties being visible from its summit.
There are several bequests for the education and relief
of the poor, the principal of which are, a rent-charge of
£8 by John Hodges, in 1724, another of £12. 16. by
Robert Gardiner, in 1?63, who also gave the interest
of £500 to put out apprentices.