ALDWINKLE (ST-PETER'S), a parish in the hundred
of HUXLOE, county of NORTHAMPTON, 3 miles
(N. by E.) from Thrapston, containing 166 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's
books at £11. 6. 3., and in the patronage of Lord
Lilford. There is a place of worship for Particular
Baptists. The river Nene, which is navigable to the
North sea, and communicates with the Northampton
canal, flows through this parish, on the border of which
are the remains of a singular cruciform building, called
Liveden, erected by the Tresham family, and richly
decorated with sculpture, especially round the cornice,
which exhibits a Roman Catholic legend and a variety
of religious symbols. Dr. Thomas Fuller, author of
" The History of the Worthies of England " and other
learned works, was born in this parish.