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"CANONS ASHBY, a parish in the hundred of Green's Norton, in the county of Northampton, 8 miles to the N.W. of Towcester. Banbury is its post town. It is situated on the river Cherwell, and includes the hamlet of Adstone. This place takes its name from a priory of Black Canons which was founded here about the time of King John by Stephen de Leye. At the Dissolution it had a revenue of £127 19s., and was given to Sir F. Bryan. The chapel of the monastery still remains, and is used as the parish church. It is dedicated to St. Mary, and contains several monuments of the Drydens. The living is a discharged curacy in the diocese of Peterborough and patronage of Sir E. L. Dryden, Bart. Canons Ashby House is the seat of the Drydens. It has one room, 30 by 20 feet, floored and panelled with oak from a single tree which grew on the estate." [Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868 by Colin Hinson ©2010]
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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"CANONS ASHBY, a parish in the hundred of Green's Norton, in the county of Northampton, 8 miles to the N.W. of Towcester. Banbury is its post town. It is situated on the river Cherwell, and includes the hamlet of Adstone. This place takes its name from a priory of Black Canons which was founded here about the time of King John by Stephen de Leye. At the Dissolution it had a revenue of £127 19s., and was given to Sir F. Bryan. The chapel of the monastery still remains, and is used as the parish church. It is dedicated to St. Mary, and contains several monuments of the Drydens. The living is a discharged curacy in the diocese of Peterborough and patronage of Sir E. L. Dryden, Bart. Canons Ashby House is the seat of the Drydens. It has one room, 30 by 20 feet, floored and panelled with oak from a single tree which grew on the estate.
"ADSTONE, a chapelry in the parish of Canons Ashby, hundred of Greens Norton, in the county of Northampton, 7 miles to the N.W. of Towcester. It is at a short distance from a branch of the river Tove. It has a chapel dedicated to All Saints, and a boys' free school, established in 1846. There is also a Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1849."
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