Litchborough
| Litchborough | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 St Martin's Church, Litchborough | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP633543 |
| Location: | 52°11’1"N, 1°4’32"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 321 (2011) |
| Post town: | Towcester |
| Postcode: | NN12 |
| Dialling code: | 01327 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
South Northamptonshire |
Litchborough is a village in Northamptonshire, about four miles north-west of Towcester, two miles off the A5, on the Banbury Road. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 321.
The Church of England parish church is St Martin's.The village pub is the Old Red Lion.
The village's name probably means, 'enclosure hill'.[1]
The manor of Litchborough, and that of nearby Weedon Pinkney, belonged in the fourteenth century to the Wale family, and passed by descent to the Malorre family.
More recently, new built housing has increased the number of dwellings to 111 and the population to 449.
Litchborough Hall
Litchborough Hall is the home of Bob Heygate, who was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1997 and who, with cousin Paul Heygate, owns and runs the landmark Heygates Mill at Bugbrooke and the Fine Lady Bakery at Banbury.
In June 1603, after the accession of King James I, Lady Anne Clifford stayed at Litchborough Hall, the home of Elizabeth Nedham, who had been a member of the household of Anne Russell, Countess of Warwick. Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford met her and they rode to Dingley Hall to meet the new Queen, Anne of Denmark.[2]
The house was extensively reworked in 1838 in Tudor style by the architect George Moore.[3]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Litchborough.
- ↑ Jessica L. Malay, Anne Clifford's Autobiographical Writing, 1590-1676 (Manchester, 2018), p. 19.
- ↑ National Heritage List 1371571: Litchborough Hall (Grade II listing)