Tiffield
| Tiffield | |
| Northamptonshire | |
|---|---|
 Bridge House, Tiffield | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP698517 |
| Location: | 52°9’40"N, -0°58’48"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 362 (2011) |
| Post town: | Towcester |
| Postcode: | NN12 |
| Dialling code: | 01327 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | West Northamptonshire |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Daventry |
Tiffield is a village in Northamptonshire, north of Towcester between the A5 road to its west and the A43 road to its east. The village itself has one main road, which runs from the St John's turning on the A43 to Gayton.
The village's name origin is dubious. It has been suggested that the primary component of this obscure name could be 'meeting place', 'goat' or 'bee/swarm'. "Field" meant a piece of open land and the whole name could mean open land with or near to a meeting place.[1][2]
About the village
The parish church is St John The Baptist.
Associated with the church is the villlage's Church of England primary school, which is one of the smallest in the country, with just 46 pupils in the 2007–08 academic year, housed in a Victorian school building.
The village pub is The George.
By the village is a pocket park, which serves as a local nature reserve, known as Claydon's Field. The Pocket Park land was originally part of the Northampton and Banbury Junction Railway, which was closed in the 1960s. It now is a linear trail connecting several footpaths and rights of way. Three orchid species are found within the Pocket Park and may be seen flowering between April and June (depending on the season).
Iron industry
There was an iron works next to the railway to the south of the village. It lasted from 1875 to 1882. It operated the Siemens Direct Process using ore from a nearby quarry at Hulcote but the local ore was found to be unsuitable for that process. The quarry continued in operation until 1920, as did a newer quarry started closer to Tiffield in 1908.[3]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Tiffield) |
- Tiffield Parish Council
- Some details about the parish church
- 'Clutch', a history website set up by residents
- 'Tiffield Online', the official website for Tiffield
- Tiffield Primary School's website
- Tiffield Primary School at the County Council website
References
- ↑ "Key to English Place-names". http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Tiffield.
- ↑ Mills, AD (1991). A Dictionary of English place-names. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 329. ISBN 0-19-869156-4.
- ↑ Tonks, Eric (1989). The Ironstone Quarries of the East Midlands: Part 3 The Northampton Area.. Cheltenham: Runpast. pp. 62–67. ISBN 1-870754-03-4.