Laxton, Northamptonshire
| Laxton | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints. Laxton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP949961 |
| Location: | 52°33’17"N, -0°36’2"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 234 (2011) |
| Post town: | Corby |
| Postcode: | NN17 |
| Dialling code: | 01780 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Corby |
Laxton is a village in Northamptonshire, seven miles east of Corby and about a mile west of the A43. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 234.
History
The village's name means 'Leaxa's farm/settlement' or 'Lax's farm/settlement'.[1]
The village was rebuilt by George Freke Evans, as a model village to designs by Humphry Repton.
The church, dedicated to All Saints, was largely rebuilt in 1867 but retains a late 13th-century tower.[2] All Saints' Church is Grade II* listed. Lord Carbery of Laxton Hall was an amateur carver who prepared designs for the 19th-century restoration and carved the pulpit and other features.[3]
1960 Vickers Valiant crash
Vickers Valiant XD864 of 7 Squadron at RAF Honington, took off from RAF Wittering on 12 August 1960 at 10.30am, and crashed near the village at 10.38, killing its crew of five.
The aeroplane was thought to be trying to land at RAF Spanhoe. Four of the crew had their joint funeral service at Great Livermere church on 16 August 1960, while the fifth, Sergeant Johnson, was buried at All Saints', Honington, Suffolk.[4][5]
Laxton Hall
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Laxton Hall is a Grade II*-listed building[6] between Laxton and Corby. It was much modified in the 19th century and altered again in 1867-8 for the 7th Lord Carbery.[7]
In 1924 the Dominican friars opened a boys' boarding school called Blackfriars at Laxton Hall.
The hall has now been converted into a residential care home for the Polish community[8] while keeping the integrity of the original architecture intact.
Sport
- Cricket: Laxton Park Cricket Club
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Laxton.
- ↑ Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture
- ↑ National Heritage List 1233912: Church of All Saints (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Bury Free Press Friday 19 August 1960, page 16
- ↑ Stamford Mercury Friday 19 August 1960, page 1
- ↑ National Heritage List 1276360: Laxton Hall and attached steps and Balustrade (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 289–290. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ↑ HousingCare.org > Housing & care homes > Laxton Hall. Retrieved 12 November 2009