Adstone

Adstone

All Saints Church
Adstone
 Adstone shown within Northamptonshire
Population 65 (2001 census)
89 (2010 est.)[1]
OS grid referenceSP595515
Civil parishAdstone
DistrictSouth Northamptonshire
Shire countyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town TOWCESTER
Postcode district NN12
Dialling code 01327
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentDaventry
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Coordinates: 52°09′31″N 1°07′45″W / 52.1586°N 1.1293°W

Adstone is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England. It was known as Atenestone in the Domesday Book.

History

Adstone was a chapelry within the parish of Canons Ashby until 1866, when it was promoted to a parish.[2] The parish church, dedicated to All Saints, is of Norman origin, ca. 13th century. It was heavily restored in both 1843, when the chancel was added and again in 1896.[3] Since 2006 the parish has formed part of the Lambfold benefice along with the parishes of Blakesley, Maidford, Litchborough and Farthingstone. The Manor House is late 17th century, the Old Vicarage dates to 1870 by Edmund Francis Law, the school to 1846 and the Methodist Chapel is 1849 in Georgian style.[3]

The Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales in the 1870s described Adstone as follows:

a chapelry in Ashby-Canons parish, Northampton; 5¾ miles SSW of Weedon r. station, and 6¾ WNW of Towcester. Post Town, Blakesley, under Towcester. Acres, 1,190. Real property, £2,281. Pop., 165. Houses, 36. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Peterborough. Value, £130. Patrons, the Sons of Clergy Corporation. There is a Wesleyan chapel

The censuses showed that the population declined from 184 in 1871 to 80 in 1961 and 65 in 2001.[4]

References

  1. ↑ SNC (2010). South Northamptonshire Council Year Book 2010-2011. Towcester NN12 7FA. p. 39.
  2. ↑ F. Youngs, Local Administrative Units: Northern England (London: Royal Historical Society, 1991), p. 294.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 75–6. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.
  4. ↑ Census 1871-1961

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