PILTON, a parish in the hundred of NAVISFORD,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 2 miles (S. S. W.) from
Oundle, containing 116 inhabitants. The living is a
discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton,
and diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's
books at £11, and in the patronage of Sir G. Robinson,
Bart. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is principally
in the early style of English architecture, with a tower
and spire.