Laxton, Northamptonshire

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    Coordinates: 52°33′23″N 0°35′59″W / 52.5564°N 0.5996°W / 52.5564; -0.5996
    Laxton
    Laxton

     Laxton shown within Northamptonshire
    Population 160 
    OS grid reference SP9596
    District East Northamptonshire
    Shire county Northamptonshire
    Region East Midlands
    Country England
    Sovereign state United Kingdom
    Post town Corby
    Postcode district NN17
    Dialling code 01780
    Police Northamptonshire
    Fire Northamptonshire
    Ambulance East Midlands
    EU Parliament East Midlands
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    Laxton is a village in East Northamptonshire, seven miles (11 km) east of Corby and approximately one mile (1.6 km) west of the A43. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 160 people.[1]

    History

    The village was rebuilt by George Freke Evans, as a model village to designs by Humphry Repton. The church, dedicated to All Saints, was rebuilt in 1867 but retains a mediaeval tower.[2]

    Laxton Hall

    Laxton Hall is a Grade II*-listed building[3] between Laxton and Corby. It was much modified in the 19th century and altered again in 1867-8 for the seventh Lord Carbery.[4]

    In 1924 the Dominican friars opened a boys’ boarding school called Blackfriars at Laxton Hall.

    The hall has now been converted into a residential care home for the Polish community[5] while keeping the integrity of the original architecture intact. Since the 1970s there have been Corpus Christi events where a mass usually takes place in the afternoon which is then followed by a procession. In 2009 the mass was conducted by bishop Stanislaw Budzik and the following year by monsignor Stephen Wylezek. There was no event in 2011 but resumed in 2012 on 10 June with Stephen Wylezek once again presiding over the event. On 2 June 2013 Primate of Poland Jozef Kowalczyk visited the hall and presided over the Corpus Christi celebrations.

    Amenities

    Laxton Park Cricket Club plays in the Rutland and District Division 5.[6]

    References

    1. ↑ Office for National Statistics: Laxton CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 12 November 2009
    2. ↑ Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture
    3. ↑ Listing
    4. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. pp289–290. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3. 
    5. ↑ HousingCare.org > Housing & care homes > Laxton Hall. Retrieved 12 November 2009
    6. ↑ Club website

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