Barton Seagrave | |
Barton Seagrave
Barton Seagrave shown within Northamptonshire |
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Population | 4,185 [1] |
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OS grid reference | SP890765 |
- London | 81 miles (130 km) |
District | Kettering |
Shire county | Northamptonshire |
Region | East Midlands |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Kettering |
Postcode district | NN15 |
Dialling code | 01536 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
EU Parliament | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | Kettering |
List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire |
Barton Seagrave is a village and civil parish in the Kettering borough of Northamptonshire, England. The Domesday Book records the village name as Bertone. The village is a suburb of Kettering and about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of the town centre. The A6 road from London to Leicester runs south-east to north-west and partly on the route of the busy A14 road south of the village and which joins M1 motorway junction 19 (Catthorpe Interchange) with east coast port of Felixstowe. The River Ise flows north to south west of the village separating it from Wicksteed Park.
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At the 2001 Census it had a population of 4,185, 2,029 males and 2156 females in 1,751 households.[1]
Barton Seagrave has its own Parish Council and forms the Barton ward of Kettering Borough Council. It is in the Wickstead division of Northamptonshire County Council.
Schools in the village are Barton Seagrave County Primary School[2] and Latimer Arts College[3] secondary school.
There is a village shop on Gotch Road (Budgen's Stores), a full-service Post Office in St Botolph's Road, a petrol station A6 on the outermost limits of the village. There is a Community Centre in Castle Way.
There is a pocket park, Wallis Spinney, a strip of woodland which lies within the Ise Valley, south-east of the church, with access off Bevoir Drive. The Spinney is cut into three areas by a road and a tarmac footpath and is the site of ancient woodland of mainly ash and field maple, which was neglected, but is now being cared for. The site now has accessible paths and information signs to welcome visitors, and is of great benefit to the adjacent Latimer School. It is named after a local farmer, Samuel Wallis, and was part Wicksteed Park. It is thought that most trees were planted in the 17th century, although it is probable that woodland was present prior to this. There is evidence of coppicing, hedge-laying and a boundary ditch, possibly from a medieval field system.
The village is within walking distance of Wicksteed Park which forms a welcome green belt between the village and Kettering. Encroaching the village are currently new warehouse developments along the A14 built on former agricultural land. The A6 road forms the other major village border.
A controversial plan to build 450 homes at Barton Seagrave was approved in June 2009.[4] Kettering Council's planning committee granted developers Redrow Homes outline planning permission to build on land off Polwell Lane in the village close to Wicksteed Park. More than 100 people opposed to the development attended the meeting. The decision was met with jeers from residents, some who threw agenda documents towards councillors and continued to argue after the decision.
An action group[5] was set up to fight the proposals.
The village has one of the oldest parish churches in Kettering. It is the Norman church dedicated to St Botolph, parts of which date back to 1120-1130 AD.[6][7] Much of the rest is 13th century. There are memorials to Jane Floyde (d.1616) wife of Hugh Floyde, rector, who is depicted at a prayer desk attended by five children,[8] and also to three John Bridges (d.1712), the county historian (d.1724) and another (d.1741). The Bridges family lived at Barton Seagrave Hall.[7] Barton Seagrave War Memorial is in the church grounds.
Is of ca.1700 and the south side ca.1806.[7]
The church lies on the south side of the road and south-west of it is the site of Barton Seagrave Castle built in the early part of the 14th century by Nicholas Segrave the younger, and apparently after 1433 becoming a ruin.[8] It was surrounded by a moat, and another moat lies to the north of the castle site.
Originally built in 1550 by the Humphrey family.[9] It was bought in 1665 by John Bridges (1642–1712) of Warwickshire, son of the parliamentarian Major Bridges of Alcester. John was Sheriff of Northampton in 1675. His son John Bridges (1666–1742) inherited the house. He was an antiquarian and a Fellow of the Royal Society. The house passed to his brother, William (1668–1741) who carried out more renovations started by his father - the date 1725 being on the lead rain-water heads.[8] However, he fell into debt and was forced to mortgage the house in 1733. Later that century the house was owned by the Wilcox family then Richard Tibbits whose son was responsible for modernising the house further. Lady Mary Isabella Hood-Tibbits lived at the house for many years until her death in 1904 when the house came up for sale and was bought by Charles Wicksteed. He laid out Wicksteed Park[10] within its boundaries. On his death, the house and the park passed to the Wicksteed Village Trust. It was a hotel for a while, then a nursing home for the elderly. It now houses part of the NHS on the ground floor. The first floor and stables accommodate the artists and designers.is on the north side of the road. The house is of two stories, of limestone and roofed with Collyweston slates.[8] The main front faces south and has projecting end-wings with plain gables and a middle gabled porch of two stories with classic doorway. A wing at the east end containing a number of small rooms appears to be older than the rest of the building.[8] The Orangery is a grade I Listed Building.[9]