EVERDON, a parish in the hundred of FAWSLEY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 4 miles (S.S.E.) from Daventry,
containing 640 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese
of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£24. 2. 11., and in the patronage of the Provost and
Fellows of Eton College. The church, dedicated to St.
Mary, has a beautiful door in the decorated style of
English architecture. There is a place of worship for
Independents. The interest of £500, the bequest of
William Folwell in 1813, is applied to the instruction
of children; and the Sunday schools receive, towards
their support, the dividends of about £200, bequeathed
by, the Rev. Sir John Knightley.