ISHAM, a parish in the hundred of ORLINGBURY, county of NORTHAMPTON, S miles (S. S. E.) from Kettering, containing 322 inhabitants. The living is a rectory in two portions, Inferior and Superior, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of Peterborough, each rated in the king's books at £7. 10. Isham Inferior is in the patronage of the Bishop of Lincoln, and Isham Superior in that of Edward Henry Hoare, Esq. The church is dedicated to St. Peter.