Bainton, Northamptonshire
| Bainton | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Bainton village cross | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF094060 |
| Location: | 52°38’42"N, 0°22’58"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 305 |
| Post town: | Stamford |
| Postcode: | PE9 |
| Dialling code: | 01780 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Peterborough |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North West Cambridgeshire |
Bainton is a village in the rural north of the Soke of Peterborough, in the north-east of Northamptonshire. Bainton is on the southern edge of the Welland valley, on the B1443.road seven and a half miles north-west of Peterborough and four miles east of Stamford in Lincolnshire. A mile south-east of Bainton is a hamletof the same parich, Ashton.
At the time of the 2001 census, the parish population, including Bainton and Ashton, was 305, and in 2011 it was 290.
History
The village takes its name from the Old English Badinga tun, meaning 'Badda's folk's estate'.[1] It existed at least from the tenth century, but is not mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086.
At the south-east of the parish of Bainton and adjacent to the nearby village of Helpston is the site of Torpel Manor which is a series of mediæval and later earthworks that are a Scheduled Ancient Monument.[2]
The mediæval village cross called the Butter Cross is Grade I listed,[3] as is the parish church.[4]
The church of St Mary dates back to the early 13th century, with additions such as the tower and spire which are 14th century. The church includes a monument by Sir Richard Westmacott to Mary Henson who died in 1805. The bell tower contains four bells but these are not able to be rung currently.[5]
Bainton House used to be the home of the Birkbeck family and is a Grade II listed manor house dating back to the 16th century.[6]
To the north of Bainton, the Bainton Gate railway station briefly served the village between 1846 and its closure in 1856.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Mills, David (2011). A Dictionary of British Placenames. Oxford University Press. p. 29. ISBN 019960908X.
- ↑ Torpel Manor Research Project
- ↑ National Heritage List 1126875: Village cross, Bainton
- ↑ National Heritage List 1309975: Church of St Mary, Bainton
- ↑ "Bainton, St Mary". http://www.petbells.org.uk/bainton. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1331530: Bainton House