MARHOLM, a parish in the liberty of PETERBOROUGH,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 4 miles (N. W. by
W.) from Peterborough, containing 120 inhabitants.
The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the
king's books at £9 2.3. Earl Fitzwilliam was patron
in 1791. The church, dedicated to St. Guthlac has
an ancient font, and, amongst other memorials, a
magnificent marble monument to William, Earl Fitzwilliam,
and Anne his Countess. In this parish is Abbey
Milton, one of the seats of that noble family, a large
irregular structure, the most ancient part of which
is of the time of Elizabeth.