HELMDON, a parish in the hundred of KINGS-SUTTON,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 6 miles (N.) from
Brackley, containing 486 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese
of Peterborough, rated in the king's books at
£13. 11. 0., and in the patronage of the President and
Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Oxford. The church
is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. In 1723, the Rev.
- Jones gave £20 towards the establishment and
maintenance of a school, which is now supported by
voluntary contributions. A court leet is held here by
the crown, for the duchy of Lancaster.