PIDDINGTON, a parish in the hundred of WYMERSLEY, county of NORTHAMPTON, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Northampton, containing, with the hamlet of Hackleton, 871 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, united to the vicarage of Horton, in thearchdeaconry of Northampton, and diocese of .Peter-, borough. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. Lime-; stone is obtained in the parish.