Helpston
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| Helpston | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 St Botolph's church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF1205 |
| Location: | 52°38’6"N, 0°20’38"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 870 |
| Post town: | Peterborough |
| Postcode: | PE6 |
| Dialling code: | 01733 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Peterborough |
Helpston (also, formerly, "Helpstone") is a village in Northamptonshire, within the Soke of Peterborough.
Helpstone is not a captive Peterborough district as so many of the villages of the Soke have become but is a rural village. The parish of Helpston had an estimated population in 2005 of 870.[1]
The parish church is dedicated to St Botolph; the chancel window was created by Francis Skeat and depicts "Christ in Majesty".[2][3]
The poet John Clare was born in Helpston in 1793 and was buried in the churchyard at St. Botolph.[2] The thatched cottage where he was born, at 12 Woodgate, was bought by the John Clare Trust in 2005[4] and has been restored using traditional building methods. It is opened to the public.
Pictures
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Village sign -
Clare Cottage -
Bluebells at Helpston Heath -
Butter Cross and parish church
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Helpston) |
References
- ↑ Peterborough City Council Population Estimates
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Peel, Robin. "Helpston, St. Botolph". Parish churches in and Around Peterborough. robschurches. http://www.robschurches.moonfruit.com/#/helpston/4520266961. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ "Stained glass window". St. Botolph's Barn. http://www.botolphsbarn.org.uk/photolibrary/buildings/buildings-Pages/Image33.html. Retrieved 3 January 2011.
- ↑ Clarecottage.org