WAPPENHAM, a parish in the hundred of KING'S-SUTTON,
county of NORTHAMPTON, 5 miles (W, S. W.)
from Towcester, containing, with the hamlet of Falcutt,
and the whole of that of Astwell, which is partly in the
parish of Syresham, 566 inhabitants. The living is a
rectory, in the archdeaconry of Northampton, and
diocese of Peterborough, rated in the king's books
at £21. 9. 9., and in the patronage of the Bishop of
Lincoln. The church is dedicated to St. Mary. There
is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. At
Astwell is an ancient mansion-house, formerly the seat
of the Earls Ferrars.