Kislingbury
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Kislingbury is a village in Northamptonshire
, England, about 4 miles (6 km) west of Northampton
town centre, and close to junctions 15A and 16 of the M1 motorway
.
data shows 1,221 people resident in the Parish Council area consisting of 591 males and 630 females, in 497 household of which 79.5% were owner occupied or being purchased with a mortgage.
where it is part of Harpole and Grange ward, together with the parishes of Milton Malsor
, Harpole
, Rothersthorpe
and Gayton
. It is within the area of Northamptonshire County Council and the Parliamentary Constituency of Daventry
. The MP
is currently Chris Heaton-Harris
(Conservative
). Prior to the 2010 General Election
the village was in Northampton South
constituency.
London
to Yorkshire
motorway between junctions 15a and 16 passes and makes its presence known, close to the south west of the village, and junction 16 is just two miles distant.
. The others are the Old Red Lion along the High Street and The Sun Inn on Mill Road.
flows past the village close by to the north, through an old, narrow bridge - narrow, that is, for both vehicles and the river which frequently floods. The most recent serious incident in 1998 caused flood damage to several houses in the village. Some flood attenuation work has since been carried out but it remains to be seen if this proves adequate. The village carries heavy traffic being on a route to the larger village of Bugbrooke
with the large Campion
Secondary School
which serves the village and a large catchment area around. Heavy vehicles from sand quarries in the area and also Heygates Flour Mill also use the village main road. The village is on the same side of the motorway, and close to the Northampton Borough boundary with the urban area of the town slowly getting closer with developments to the western side of the town.
.
700 - 900AD
Anglo Saxons settled in this part of the Nene Valley.
1042 - 1066
The parish of Ceselingeberie (as it was known then) was owned by a Saxon thegn name of Tonna, who also owned parts of Heyford, Stowe and Easton near Stamford.
1086
Domesday entries show Kislingbury divided into two manors, the smaller awarded to the Earl of Moreton by William the Conqueror. The larger given to Gilbert de Grant. Population ca.180 to 200. Through the years the village was owned by various families until eventually it was owned by Warine de Lisle who took up arms against the King Edward II in 1326 and was subsequently executed.
The crown confiscated Warine de Lisles Manors therefore Kislingbury became the property of the crown but after the murder of Edward II the manor was restored to Warine's son Gerard. The manor then passed through families of Beauchamp to the Nevilles and Danvers. These were the last of the old mediaeval noblemen to control the parish.
1348 - 1349
The Black Death struck the village approximately one third of the population perished.
The ironstone parish church built. The founder probably Gerald de Lisle during the reign of Edward III.
1360
Alexander, son of Robert the Chaplain of Kislingbury, took sanctuary in the church and confessed that he had killed Alexander Osebern of Harpole.
1377
First Poll Tax imposed, and again 1381.
Kislingbury Town and Estate Charity founded.
1466
Rev John Rawlinson and Richard Rawlinson granted land to William Collins and other trustees of the Town and Estate Charity.
Danvers family sell off Kislingbury to John Maunsell (a London lawyer)
who then sell off parcels of land to local farmers. This had a significant effect in the village at it turned the community of mainly small tenant farmers into one of land-owning yeoman.
1645
Oliver Cromwell's troops stationed overnight prior to the battle of Naseby.
1663
May flood with around half to two thirds of houses were flooded to a depth of over 4ft.
Henry Jephcott (Rector) takes the Trustees of The Town and Estate Charity to the Chancery Court in London for using the charity's funds for their own purposes. The case was a victory for the Rector and a legal constitution was put in place to which the Trustee's had to abide.
1740s
The Margaret Welch Charity founded.
1744
Decision made to educate the poor children of the village with funds from The Town and Estate Charity.
1745
First record of a child becoming a beneficiary of The Margaret Welch Charity.
1779
Act of Enclosure changed the village landscape considerably.
Kislingbury Highway Charity founded, originally the Stone Pit Close Charity.
Town and Estate Charity purchase a house in the High Street, now part of 27 High Street, for school room and master's house.
1824/5
The first brick house built in Kislingbury, now 8 Mill Road.
1829
School moved possibly to part of the farm buildings, now 18 High Street.
1834
Village Workhouse closed and inmates transferred to the Union Workhouse Northampton.
1837
The school was moved yet again to its present site.
1838
Railway reached Northampton
1851
The number of farm labourers declined as land was used for animal husbandry and fewer farms used for arable farming.
1870
Act of Parliament provides primary education for all children. Before this schooling was a voluntary option and although there were 146 children on the school register, only 76 regularly attended. Implemented 1871.
1880s
Factory Row, Mill Road built by shoemaker Samuel Collier of Northampton.
Postal services and newspapers available in the village.
1810
Baptist Church founded.
1826
Wesleyan Chapel built in Chapel Lane.
1828
Baptist Chapel built in Mill Road on the site of the converted barn which was used for many years as the chapel.
1840s
First grocers shop opened in Starmers Lane.
1884
Farm workers given the right to vote. (Town dwellers had this right from 1867.)
1888
Kislingbury Football Club formed.
1890
Kislingbury Cricket Club formed.
1891
Co-operative store opened in Church Lane and is still the village shop though now in private hands.
Between 1801 and 1891 the population rose from 482 to 725 and dwellings from 105 to 168 (including some large dwellings divided up). Some of these houses were in very poor condition, some dating from the time of Elizabeth I.
1894
"The Vestry Meeting" by which parochial matters and administration were discussed and settled was abolished and elected parish councils formed.
1895
Typhoid outbreak caused by contaminated water drunk at the choir supper. 10 people died.
1898
Due to the Typhoid outbreak land was purchased on Berrywood Hill from which a spring arose and pure water piped to the village.
First bus service available from the turn to either Daventry or Northampton.
1914/18
World War I. Twenty villagers lost their lives serving the country.
1920
War memorial raised in the church yard.
1922/3
Rural district council built six new homes off Bugbrooke Road and over 40 condemned houses some of them built in the reign of Elizabeth I demolished.
1923/4
Gas and Electricity laid to the village.
Wesleyan Chapel closed and sold.
1939
Outbreak of World War II. Five men and a woman lost their lives serving the country.
The village became home to several refugees, some made making their homes here permanently after the war.
1940
First tractor seen in the village.
1954
Council housing built in Millers Close, Twigden Road, Dukes Green, Mill Lane and Willow View. Many now privately owned by previous tenants.
Construction of sewage plant.
1952
Village purchases old land army hostel and converts into a village hall.
1960s
Construction of private houses in Willow View and Riverside Court.
1968/9
Construction of private houses in The Orchard and Hall Close.
Formation of Kislingbury Playing Field Association.
1970s
Wesleyan Chapel converted to private house.
1971
Re-formation of Kislingbury Bowls Club.
1972
Opening of Playing Field in Beech Lane. Purchased by public subscription.
1976
Due to the cost of maintaining the field, the Highways Charity sold it and invested the capital with in investment funds approved by the Charity Commissioners
1977
Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee celebrations.
1992
Residents of the new part of Willow View hold street party to celebrate 25 years of living together as most of the original owners were still here.
1997
Old Village Hall demolished and part of the site sold for private houses with sufficient funds realised to replace the village hall with tradition style modern building.
Construction of private houses in Lichfield Close and Ashby Court
1998
Very serious flooding again, the worse in living memory. Plans put into action to find ways and means to alleviate flooding ever happening again.
Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Village website established.
2003
Flood defences built by the Environment Agency along the river bank from The Whirly up to and including The Bridge and on to the playing fields. Cost £1.4 million. Funding was provided by the Welland and Nene Flood Defence Committee with grant aid from DEFRA. Population now 1,246 in 451 houses.
2004
25 September - Village "Future Needs Day" held to assist the design of a future needs questionnaire
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire is a landlocked county in the English East Midlands, with a population of 629,676 as at the 2001 census. It has boundaries with the ceremonial counties of Warwickshire to the west, Leicestershire and Rutland to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshire to the south-east,...
, England, about 4 miles (6 km) west of Northampton
Northampton
Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...
town centre, and close to junctions 15A and 16 of the M1 motorway
M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...
.
Demographics
2001 censusUnited Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
data shows 1,221 people resident in the Parish Council area consisting of 591 males and 630 females, in 497 household of which 79.5% were owner occupied or being purchased with a mortgage.
Governance
The village is in the district council area of South NorthamptonshireSouth Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Towcester.The district is rural and sparsely populated with just over 79,293 people in 2000 and 91,000 in 2008, a 14.8% increase. The largest town in the district is Brackley, which has a...
where it is part of Harpole and Grange ward, together with the parishes of Milton Malsor
Milton Malsor
Milton Malsor is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England. It is south of Northampton, south-east of Birmingham, and north of central London; junction 15 of the M1 motorway is east by road...
, Harpole
Harpole
Harpole Northamptonshire, England, is a village west of Northampton, in the district council area of South Northamptonshire where it is part of Harpole and Grange ward, together with the parishes of Milton Malsor, Kislingbury, Rothersthorpe and Gayton. It is within the area of Northamptonshire...
, Rothersthorpe
Rothersthorpe
Rothersthorpe is a small village of medieval origin, in South Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 500 in the 2001 Census. It is from the town of Northampton.-Governance:...
and Gayton
Gayton, Northamptonshire
Gayton is a rural village from Northampton town centre in South Northamptonshire. It is situated on a hill close to the larger villages of Bugbrooke, Milton Malsor and Blisworth, with a linked public footpath network. -History:...
. It is within the area of Northamptonshire County Council and the Parliamentary Constituency of Daventry
Daventry
Daventry is a market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22,367 .-Geography:The town is also the administrative centre of the larger Daventry district, which has a population of 71,838. The town is 77 miles north-northwest of London, 13.9 miles west of Northampton and 10.2...
. The MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
is currently Chris Heaton-Harris
Chris Heaton-Harris
Christopher "Chris" Heaton-Harris, , is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Daventry since May 2010, and was previously a Member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands from 1999 to 2009.-Early life and education:Born in November 1967,...
(Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
). Prior to the 2010 General Election
General election
In a parliamentary political system, a general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. The term is usually used to refer to elections held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.The term...
the village was in Northampton South
Northampton South (UK Parliament constituency)
Northampton South is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for February 1974 general election when the old constituency of Northampton was split into Northampton North and Northampton South.-Boundary...
constituency.
Transport
The A4500 main road runs just north of the village. The M1M1 motorway
The M1 is a north–south motorway in England primarily connecting London to Leeds, where it joins the A1 near Aberford. While the M1 is considered to be the first inter-urban motorway to be completed in the United Kingdom, the first road to be built to motorway standard in the country was the...
London
London
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to Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
motorway between junctions 15a and 16 passes and makes its presence known, close to the south west of the village, and junction 16 is just two miles distant.
Facilities
The village has three pub/restaurants, the most well-known being Cromwell's Cottage near the river with some tenuous historical connection with Oliver CromwellOliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
. The others are the Old Red Lion along the High Street and The Sun Inn on Mill Road.
Surroundings
The River NeneRiver Nene
The River Nene is a river in the east of England that rises from three sources in the county of Northamptonshire. The tidal river forms the border between Cambridgeshire and Norfolk for about . It is the tenth longest river in the United Kingdom, and is navigable for from Northampton to The...
flows past the village close by to the north, through an old, narrow bridge - narrow, that is, for both vehicles and the river which frequently floods. The most recent serious incident in 1998 caused flood damage to several houses in the village. Some flood attenuation work has since been carried out but it remains to be seen if this proves adequate. The village carries heavy traffic being on a route to the larger village of Bugbrooke
Bugbrooke
Bugbrooke is a large village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the River Nene.-Location:It is about south west of Northampton...
with the large Campion
Campion School (Bugbrooke)
The Campion School is a co-educational comprehensive school in Bugbrooke, about from Northampton, England. Founded in 1967, it has been a Language College since September 1997. In 2011, the school became an academy....
Secondary School
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
which serves the village and a large catchment area around. Heavy vehicles from sand quarries in the area and also Heygates Flour Mill also use the village main road. The village is on the same side of the motorway, and close to the Northampton Borough boundary with the urban area of the town slowly getting closer with developments to the western side of the town.
Kislingbury history timeline
The earliest evidence of settlers in the area is the discovery of an iron age funeral pot, complete with ashes, dated c1500BC at UptonUpton
Upton is the name of a number of people and places. It may refer to:-Places:In Canada*Upton, QuebecIn England*Upton, Berkshire*Upton, Buckinghamshire*Upton, Cambridgeshire*Upton, Cornwall*Upton, Cumbria*Upton, Dorset*Upton, Hampshire...
.
700 - 900AD
Anglo Saxons settled in this part of the Nene Valley.
1042 - 1066
The parish of Ceselingeberie (as it was known then) was owned by a Saxon thegn name of Tonna, who also owned parts of Heyford, Stowe and Easton near Stamford.
1086
Domesday entries show Kislingbury divided into two manors, the smaller awarded to the Earl of Moreton by William the Conqueror. The larger given to Gilbert de Grant. Population ca.180 to 200. Through the years the village was owned by various families until eventually it was owned by Warine de Lisle who took up arms against the King Edward II in 1326 and was subsequently executed.
14th century
1326The crown confiscated Warine de Lisles Manors therefore Kislingbury became the property of the crown but after the murder of Edward II the manor was restored to Warine's son Gerard. The manor then passed through families of Beauchamp to the Nevilles and Danvers. These were the last of the old mediaeval noblemen to control the parish.
1348 - 1349
The Black Death struck the village approximately one third of the population perished.
The ironstone parish church built. The founder probably Gerald de Lisle during the reign of Edward III.
1360
Alexander, son of Robert the Chaplain of Kislingbury, took sanctuary in the church and confessed that he had killed Alexander Osebern of Harpole.
1377
First Poll Tax imposed, and again 1381.
15th century
1400sKislingbury Town and Estate Charity founded.
1466
Rev John Rawlinson and Richard Rawlinson granted land to William Collins and other trustees of the Town and Estate Charity.
17th century
1611Danvers family sell off Kislingbury to John Maunsell (a London lawyer)
who then sell off parcels of land to local farmers. This had a significant effect in the village at it turned the community of mainly small tenant farmers into one of land-owning yeoman.
1645
Oliver Cromwell's troops stationed overnight prior to the battle of Naseby.
1663
May flood with around half to two thirds of houses were flooded to a depth of over 4ft.
18th century
1740Henry Jephcott (Rector) takes the Trustees of The Town and Estate Charity to the Chancery Court in London for using the charity's funds for their own purposes. The case was a victory for the Rector and a legal constitution was put in place to which the Trustee's had to abide.
1740s
The Margaret Welch Charity founded.
1744
Decision made to educate the poor children of the village with funds from The Town and Estate Charity.
1745
First record of a child becoming a beneficiary of The Margaret Welch Charity.
1779
Act of Enclosure changed the village landscape considerably.
Kislingbury Highway Charity founded, originally the Stone Pit Close Charity.
19th Century
1806Town and Estate Charity purchase a house in the High Street, now part of 27 High Street, for school room and master's house.
1824/5
The first brick house built in Kislingbury, now 8 Mill Road.
1829
School moved possibly to part of the farm buildings, now 18 High Street.
1834
Village Workhouse closed and inmates transferred to the Union Workhouse Northampton.
1837
The school was moved yet again to its present site.
1838
Railway reached Northampton
1851
The number of farm labourers declined as land was used for animal husbandry and fewer farms used for arable farming.
1870
Act of Parliament provides primary education for all children. Before this schooling was a voluntary option and although there were 146 children on the school register, only 76 regularly attended. Implemented 1871.
1880s
Factory Row, Mill Road built by shoemaker Samuel Collier of Northampton.
Postal services and newspapers available in the village.
1810
Baptist Church founded.
1826
Wesleyan Chapel built in Chapel Lane.
1828
Baptist Chapel built in Mill Road on the site of the converted barn which was used for many years as the chapel.
1840s
First grocers shop opened in Starmers Lane.
1884
Farm workers given the right to vote. (Town dwellers had this right from 1867.)
1888
Kislingbury Football Club formed.
1890
Kislingbury Cricket Club formed.
1891
Co-operative store opened in Church Lane and is still the village shop though now in private hands.
Between 1801 and 1891 the population rose from 482 to 725 and dwellings from 105 to 168 (including some large dwellings divided up). Some of these houses were in very poor condition, some dating from the time of Elizabeth I.
1894
"The Vestry Meeting" by which parochial matters and administration were discussed and settled was abolished and elected parish councils formed.
1895
Typhoid outbreak caused by contaminated water drunk at the choir supper. 10 people died.
1898
Due to the Typhoid outbreak land was purchased on Berrywood Hill from which a spring arose and pure water piped to the village.
20th century
1913First bus service available from the turn to either Daventry or Northampton.
1914/18
World War I. Twenty villagers lost their lives serving the country.
1920
War memorial raised in the church yard.
1922/3
Rural district council built six new homes off Bugbrooke Road and over 40 condemned houses some of them built in the reign of Elizabeth I demolished.
1923/4
Gas and Electricity laid to the village.
Wesleyan Chapel closed and sold.
1939
Outbreak of World War II. Five men and a woman lost their lives serving the country.
The village became home to several refugees, some made making their homes here permanently after the war.
1940
First tractor seen in the village.
1954
Council housing built in Millers Close, Twigden Road, Dukes Green, Mill Lane and Willow View. Many now privately owned by previous tenants.
Construction of sewage plant.
1952
Village purchases old land army hostel and converts into a village hall.
1960s
Construction of private houses in Willow View and Riverside Court.
1968/9
Construction of private houses in The Orchard and Hall Close.
Formation of Kislingbury Playing Field Association.
1970s
Wesleyan Chapel converted to private house.
1971
Re-formation of Kislingbury Bowls Club.
1972
Opening of Playing Field in Beech Lane. Purchased by public subscription.
1976
Due to the cost of maintaining the field, the Highways Charity sold it and invested the capital with in investment funds approved by the Charity Commissioners
1977
Queen Elizabeth II's Silver Jubilee celebrations.
1992
Residents of the new part of Willow View hold street party to celebrate 25 years of living together as most of the original owners were still here.
1997
Old Village Hall demolished and part of the site sold for private houses with sufficient funds realised to replace the village hall with tradition style modern building.
Construction of private houses in Lichfield Close and Ashby Court
1998
Very serious flooding again, the worse in living memory. Plans put into action to find ways and means to alleviate flooding ever happening again.
21st Century
2002Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee celebrations.
Village website established.
2003
Flood defences built by the Environment Agency along the river bank from The Whirly up to and including The Bridge and on to the playing fields. Cost £1.4 million. Funding was provided by the Welland and Nene Flood Defence Committee with grant aid from DEFRA. Population now 1,246 in 451 houses.
2004
25 September - Village "Future Needs Day" held to assist the design of a future needs questionnaire