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Saint Andrew’s Parish Church Whilton |
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Whilton
Whilton shown within Northamptonshire |
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| Population | 296 (2001 Census) |
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| OS grid reference | SP637647 |
| Parish | Norton |
| District | Daventry |
| Shire county | Northamptonshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DAVENTRY |
| Postcode district | NN11 |
| Dialling code | 01327 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | Daventry |
| List of places: UK • England • Northamptonshire | |
Whilton is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire.[1] The village is in the Daventry district.Whilton is 75 miles (121 km) north west of London, 9.7 miles west of Northampton and 15.6miles south-east of Rugby. The village lies 4.5 miles east of the nearest town of Daventry.The nearest railway station is at Long Buckby for the Northampton loop of the West Coast Main Line which runs between Rugby, Northampton and London. The nearest airport is Birmingham International Airport. Whilton also gives its name to the nearby Whilton Locks and Whilton Marina on the Grand Union Canal.
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Whilton is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1068 were it is listed under the name of ‘Woltone’.[2] The main tenant landowner was Robert, Count of Mortain who was the half-brother to William the Bastard, Duke of Normandy and later king William I of England
The Parish Church of Saint Andrew is constructed from the local Northamptonshire Ironstone and was built between the 12th and 13th although very little remains of this original, having been restored in later part of the 18th century.[3] the tower had a ring of 6 bells, which were given in 1777 by the patron of the time William Lucas Rose who also paid for their installation and the building work. Three of these original bells and three newer replacements were recast and with added metal were made into a ring of eight bells in 1994. They were cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry. The tenor (heaviest) bell weighs 675 kilograms (1,490 lb) and bears the inscription: CANON J.J. RICHARDSON, PRIEST /HAROLD HAYNES, JANET C. BOWERS CHURCHWARDENS /WHITECHAPEL 1994. The church clock is unusual as it was originally a one handed clock divided into ¼ hours and therefore does not have 60 minutes. In 1779 William Lucas Rose also gave a gift of communion vessels which are still in use today. The Church’s east window, the only stained glass in the building, portrays Christ’s Crucifixion and dates from 1878.
The near-by Whilton Marina is close to Whilton Locks on the Grand Union canal. The Marina was dug out in 1971 by the Steele family who still own and operate the business. The marina has over 200 moorings. The village also has a karting track nearby called Whilton Mill.[4]