Adstone
| Adstone | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP595515 |
| Location: | 52°9’31"N, 1°7’45"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 65 (2001) |
| Post town: | Towcester |
| Postcode: | NN12 |
| Dialling code: | 01327 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Adstone is a village in Northamptonshire. The population at the 2001 census was 65. It remained than 100 at the 2011 census and was included in the civil parish of Tiffield. Adstone is six and a half miles south of Daventry and as far west of Towcester. It was known as Atenestone in the Domesday Book.[1]
History
The villages name means 'Aettin's farm/settlement'.[2]
Adstone was a chapelry within the parish of Canons Ashby until 1866, when it was promoted to a parish.[3] The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is of Norman origin, built in the 13th century. It was heavily restored in both 1843, when the chancel was added and again in 1896.[4] Since 2006 the parish has formed part of the Lambfold benefice along with the parishes of Blakesley, Maidford, Litchborough and Farthingstone. The Manor House is late 17th century, the Old Vicarage dates to 1870 by Edmund Francis Law, the school to 1846 and the Methodist Chapel is 1849 in Georgian style.[4]
The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales in the 1870s described Adstone as follows:
a chapelry in Ashby-Canons parish, Northampton; 5¾ miles SSW of Weedon r. station, and 6¾ WNW of Towcester. Post Town, Blakesley, under Towcester. Acres, 1,190. Real property, £2,281. Pop., 165. Houses, 36. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £130. Patrons, the Sons of Clergy Corporation. There is a Wesleyan chapel
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References
- ↑ Adstone in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ F. Youngs (1991). Local Administrative Units: Northern England. London: Royal Historical Society. p. 294.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3