DINGLEY, a parish in the hundred of CORBY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 2 miles (E. by N.) from
Market-Harborough, containing 150 inhabitants. The
living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books
at £9. 9. 4., and in the patronage of H. H. Hungerford,
Esq. The church is dedicated to All Saints. There is
a Sunday school with a trifling endowment. The parish
is bounded on the north-west by the river Welland; and
is beautifully diversified with hill and dale. On the site of
Dingley hall there was formerly a preceptory of the
knights of St. John of Jerusalem; it was founded in the
reign of Stephen, and at the dissolution possessed a revenue
valued at £108. 13. 5. per annum; near the
spot an ancient bead and a coin of Cunobeline have been
found.