TANSOR, a parish in the hundred of WILLYBROOK
county of NORTHAMPTON, 2 miles (N. N. E.) from
Oundle, containing 234 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese
of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£13. 12. 11., and in the patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Lincoln. The church, dedicated to St. Mary
is a small structure, partly in the Norman,' and partly
in the early English style, with some screen-work and
ancient monuments. The parish is partly bounded by
Ihe river Nen; at Cotterstock, on its opposite bank; a
fine Roman tesselated pavement has been discovered.
Clement Bellamy, in 1658, bequeathed £5 per annum
for the education of children.