YELVERTOFT, a parish in the hundred of GUILSBOROUGH,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 9 miles (N. by
E.) from Daventry, containing 654 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's
books at £25.0.10., and in the patronage of the Earl of
Craven. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There
is a place of worship for Independents. The Union canal
passes through the parish. Twenty poor children
are instructed for' £35 a year, arising from land bequeathed
by Mrs. Ashby, in 1719. A school here was
established by subscription.