Monument record 3980/55 - The Vicarage

{1} The vicarage at Rothwell was ordained in 1221, when William de Rothwell became the first vicar of the parish. The vicar was given the burgage tenement at the gate of the churchyard which Roger Merchant formerly owned.
Though Pevsner claims that the vicarage in the late 18th century was the brick built building now the Rothwell House Hotel on Bridge Street, in 1813 the vicar still held the property which is today the vicarage. The property immediately to the east, on the north side of the churchyard, was then described in 1813 as the 'Tithe Yard'(?), but the glebe terriers record only the vicarage house and a little yard and garden.

<1> Foard G, 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Rothwell (Medieval and Post Medieval), (checked) (Digital archive). SNN100514.

<2> 1813, Rothwell Tithe Map (TM 390/Map 3106), (checked) (Map). SNN100515.

Record last edited

Apr 17 2008 3:49PM