Blatherwycke
| Blatherwycke | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Blatherwycke Park Farm | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP973953 |
| Location: | 52°32’49"N, 0°33’60"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Peterborough |
| Postcode: | PE8 |
| Dialling code: | 01780 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Corby |
Blatherwycke is a tiny village in Northamptonshire, about six miles north-east of Corby. It is near Blatherwycke Lake, on the Willow Brook.
The parish church, Holy Trinity, is Norman in origin. It contains a monument to Sir Humphrey Stafford (d.1575), the builder of Kirby Hall, and also Thomas Randolph (d.1635), the poet and dramatist commissioned by Sir Christopher Hatton.[1]
History
The name of this vilage is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 under "Blarewiche". It has several possible explanations including "bladder-plant specialised-farm", a form of the name "blackthorn" or "settlement where bladderwort grows".[2]
Blatherwyke Hall was built in 1720 by Thomas Ripley, and the philanthropist Mary Jane Kinnaird was born there. The hall fell derelict and was demolished in 1948. A large stable building survives with the inscription "D, OB 1770" for Donatus O'Brien.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Blatherwycke) |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. Revised by Cherry, Bridget.. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 107–8. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
- ↑ Blatherwyke Estate website - includes images of the Hall demolished 1948 Template:Webarchive
