Cotterstock
| Cotterstock | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 The Mill Race at Cotterstock | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL046905 |
| Location: | 52°30’5"N, 0°27’54"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 153 (2011) |
| Post town: | Peterborough |
| Postcode: | PE8 |
| Dialling code: | 01832 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Corby |
Cotterstock is a village in Northamptonshire, on the west bank of the River Nene just north of Oundle, two and a half miles to the south-west.
The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 153.
Parish church
The Church of St Andrew is to the east of the village, adjacent to the River Nene. It dates from the late 12th century, but he main period of construction was in the 13th and 14th centuries. The building was restored and extended in 1876.
History
Cotterstock is recorded in the Domesday Book as Codestoche, the name probably deriving from Old English "corþer-stoc" (dairy farm).
In the summer of 1736 a Romano-British villa was discovered when tesserae from a large mosaic pavement were uncovered during ploughing. The villa was subsequently located a second time by aerial photography during the extremely dry summer of 1976, when parch marks of buried walls were recorded spread across three fields. A geophysical survey undertaken to accurately locate and amplify the aerial photographic information was carried out over a total of ten days in 1992 and 1993.[1]
Cotterstock Hall was built in 1658 with alterations in the early 18th century and a main staircase added in the 19th century. The poet and playwright John Dryden was a frequent visitor and is thought to have stayed in the south-west attic room at the Hall, visiting relatives, the last of whom, Rev Sir George Booth (who died in 1797). The house was later purchased by Jane Fane, Countess of Westmorland, who died there in 1857.[2]
The Old Mill was built during the early 19th century.
About the village
The village consists of a single street with Cotterstock Hall located in the centre and St Andrew's Church in the east. Cotterstock has a village hall.
On film
In 2010, Cotterstock Hall was used as a film set for The Woman in Black. The main actor, Daniel Radcliffe said of the Hall: "Cotterstock Hall is a remarkable building bursting with Gothic grandeur – perfect for The Woman In Black".
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Cotterstock) |
- Oxford Dictionary of British Place Names
- The Roman Villa at Cotterstock, Northamptonshire
- {{brithist|40257 British History Online]
- Village churches around the Peterborough area
References
- ↑ The villa was published by Stephen G. Upex, "The Roman Villa at Cotterstock, Northamptonshire" Britannia 32 (2001):57-91).
- ↑ "Cotterstock Hall and Attached Outbuildings". https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1293978.
