TICKENCOTE, a parish in the hundred of EAST,
county of RUTLAND, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Stamford,
containing 126 inhabitants. The living is a discharged
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northamptonj
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books
at £6. 5. 8., endowed with £200 private benefaction,
and £200 royal bounty, and in the patronage of John
Wingfield, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was
in the earliest style of Norman architecture, but it
has been partially rebuilt. Stukeley says, " it is the
most venerable church extant, and was the entire oratory
of Prince Peada, founder of Peterborough abbey."