Blatherwycke

Blatherwycke
Blatherwycke
 Blatherwycke shown within Northamptonshire
Population 55 
OS grid referenceSP9795
    London  78 miles (126 km) 
DistrictEast Northamptonshire
Shire countyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Peterborough
Postcode district PE8 6YN
Dialling code 01780
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentCorby
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Coordinates: 52°32′55″N 0°33′49″W / 52.5486°N 0.5636°W

Blatherwycke is a village and civil parish in the East Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) north-east of Corby. It is near Blatherwycke Lake, on the Willow Brook.

Demographics

The population is grouped with the nearby village of Laxton for administrative purposes. The 2001 census reports the population total, with Laxton, as 160 (68 male, 98 female) of which 55 live in Blatherwyke.[1]

History

The name was recorded in the Domesday Book under "Blarewiche". It has several possible explanations including "bllader-plant specialised-farm", a form of the name "blackthorn" or "settlement where bladderwort grows".[2]

Blatherwyke Hall was built in 1720 by Thomas Ripley but fell derelict and was demolished in 1948. A large stable building survives with the inscription "D, OB 1770" for Donatus O'Brien.[3]

Holy Trinity Church is Norman in origin. There is a monument to Sir Humphrey Stafford (d.1575) the builder of Kirby Hall and also Thomas Randolph (d.1635), the poet and dramatist commissioned by Sir Christopher Hatton.[3]

Sundry information

The village was immortalized in song by the comic Graham Fellows as John Shuttleworth.

External links

Media related to Blatherwycke at Wikimedia Commons

References

  1. Office for National Statistics - 2001 census data
  2. Blatherwyke Estate website - includes images of the Hall demolished 1948
  3. 3.0 3.1 Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (revision) (1961). The Buildings of England Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 107–8. ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.