KILSBY, a parish in the hundred of FAWSLEY,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 65 miles (N. by W.) from
Daventry, containing 690 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, annexed to the Precentorship in the Cathedral
Church of Lincoln, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books
at £14, and endowed with £200 royal bounty: there
is also a discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books
at £7, and in the patronage of the Precentor. The
church is dedicated to St. Faith. There is a place of
worship for Independents. The Oxford canal passes
through the parish, and the ancient Watling-street
marks its western boundary. A bequest from Abraham
Cowley, Esq., in land producing £18 a year, is given
to the poor in money and bread, a small portion of it
being applied also to the instruction of children.