EASTON-NESTON, a parish in the hundred of
CLELEY, county of NORTHAMPTON, 1 mile (E.) from
Towcester, containing, with the hamlet of Hulcote, 137
inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry
of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough,
rated in the king's books at £8. The Earl of Pomfret
was patron in 1825. The church is dedicated to St.-
Mary. The children of this parish are instructed by
a schoolmistress for £10 per annum, paid out of the
church estate, and from the same fund £ 10 are annually
contributed in aid of a Sunday school.