Farthingstone
| Farthingstone | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 The old school, Farthingstone | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP613550 |
| Location: | 52°11’24"N, 1°6’13"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 193 (2011) |
| Post town: | Towcester |
| Postcode: | NN12 |
| Dialling code: | 01327 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Farthingstone is a village in Northamptonshire, standing close to the major trunk routes of the M1 junction 16, M40 motorway, and A5 road. It is at the head of a valley, seven miles south of Daventry and three and a half miles south-west of Weedon Bec.[1]
The population at the 2011 census was 193.
Parish church
The parish, St Mary, dates from the late 13th century and is now grade II* listed.[2]
The church is of ironstone, which was quarried locally, and the tower was added in the 13th century being located at the west end of the church.[3][4] The whole church renovated in the 1920s by the Agnew family, owners of Punch magazine, as a memorial to family members killed in First World War.[5]
Since 2006, the parish has formed part of the Lambfold benefice, together with the parishes of Blakesley, Maidford, Litchborough and Adstone.[6]
Early history
The village's name probably means, 'Farþegn's farm/settlement'. Alternatively, perhaps less likely is, 'farm/settlement of Farndon's people'.[7]
To the north-east of the village, south of Castle Dykes Farm, is evidence of a univallate hillfort and the buried remains of a Bronze Age barrow. This is a scheduled monument.[8]
To the north of Castle Dykes Farm is Castle Dykes, a Norman motte castle with three baileys. In 1712, workmen digging on the site of the castle found a "room with a vaulted stone roof, and another room beneath and rudely carved stones with human figures on them".[9]
Farthingstone is listed in the Domesday Book as Fordinestone. Other Mediæval spellings include Fardenston, Ferdingstone, Fardingestun and Fardyngton.
The village was given to the Earl of Moreton by his half-brother, William the Conqueror.[10]
Aport
There is an 18-hole golf course northwest of the village.[11]
Every summer, the Farthingstone Foot Fest takes place, which is a marathon and other shorter distance events, and aims to raise money for charity. The course takes walkers or runners over a number of stiles and through kissing gates in a figure of eight loop around the village.[12]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Farthingstone) |
References
- ↑ "History of Farthingstone, in Daventry and Northamptonshire | Map and description". https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14527.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1054931: Church of St Mary (Grade II* listing)
- ↑ Information on Farthingstone from GENUKI
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, 1961; 1973 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3page 213
- ↑ Patrick, Judith; Bailey, Bruce (2013). "Farthingstone: a Mecca for Edwardian Architecture and Art". Northamptonshire Past and Present (Northampton: Northamptonshire Record Society) (66): 29–32. SSN 0140-9131.
- ↑ "Farthingstone Church - St Mary The Virgine - Lambfold Benefice". http://www.farthingstonechurch.co.uk/.
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Farthingstone.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1010659: Castle Dykes motte and bailey castle (Scheduled ancient monument entry)
- ↑ A History of Farthingstone, Farthinstone Parish Council, 1999
- ↑ Farthingstone in the Domesday Book
- ↑ Farthingstone Golf Course and hotel
- ↑ Green, Lucie (16 June 2018). "Walkers and runners put sole into Farthingstone Foot Fest" (in en). Daventry Express. https://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/walkers-and-runners-put-sole-into-farthingstone-foot-fest-1-8533642.