Aldwincle
| Aldwincle | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 All Saints' Church, Aldwincle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL005817 |
| Location: | 52°25’30"N, -0°31’20"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 322 (2011) |
| Post town: | Kettering |
| Postcode: | NN14 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Northamptonshire |
Aldwincle (sometimes Aldwinkle or Aldwinckle) is a village in Northamptonshire, in the north of the county, by a bend in the River Nene, four miles north of Thrapston. It had a recorded population of 322 at the 2011 census.
The name of the village means "Ealda's nook".[1]
Churches
The ecclesiastical parishes of Aldwincle All Saints and Aldwincle St Peter merged in 1879. All Saints was declared redundant in 1971. It remains a Grade I listed building,[2] it is cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.[3]
St Peter's Church is also is a Grade I listed building.
The village rectory was the birthplace of the poet John Dryden,[4] the English historian Thomas Fuller,[5] and the English Civil War figure Charles Fleetwood,[6] as well as the home of poet Mary Rolls.[7]
About the village
Nearby is Lyveden New Bield, a grand but unfinished Elizabethan summer house, now owned by the National Trust. It is a Grade I listed building. Also nearby is
Lyveden Old Bield, the manor house of the estate.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Aldwincle) |
References
- ↑ Place-Names
- ↑ National Heritage List 1191528: Church of All Saints, Aldwincle (Grade I listing)
- ↑ All Saints' Church, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, Churches Conservation Trust, http://www.visitchurches.org.uk/Ourchurches/Completelistofchurches/All-Saints-Church-Aldwincle-Northamptonshire/, retrieved 29 March 2011
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