| Aldwincle | |
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  Aldwincle Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 322 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | TL0081 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Kettering |
| Postcode district | NN14 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
Aldwincle (sometimes Aldwinkle or Aldwinckle) is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, with a population at the time of the 2011 census of 322.[1] It stands by a bend in the River Nene, 4 miles (6.4 km) to the north of Thrapston. The name of the village means "Ealda's nook".[2]
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Historic buildings
The ecclesiastical parishes of Aldwincle All Saints and Aldwincle St Peter merged in 1879. All Saints was declared redundant in 1971. Being also a designated Grade I listed building,[3] it is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.[4] Also listed Grade I are St Peter's Church, Lyveden New Bield (and gardens), and Lyveden Old Bield.
The small primary school, Aldwincle Trinity, opened in 1976.
The village rectory was the birthplace of the English poet John Dryden,[5] the English historian Thomas Fuller,[6] and the English Civil War figure Charles Fleetwood,[7] as well as the home of poet Mary Rolls.[8]
See also
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Aldwincle CP: Parish headcounts Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Aldwincle (1191528)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2013
- ^ All Saints' Church, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ Minto, William; Bryant, Margaret (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 8 (11th ed.). pp. 609–613.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 296–298.
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 10 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 493.
- ^ Plaskitt, Emma. "Rolls, Mary". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63271. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
External links
Media related to Aldwincle at Wikimedia Commons- Aldwincle [All Saints and St Peter] in the Domesday Book
- A series of high resolution photographs etc.
- Illustrated walk to Wadenhoe and return
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