Twywell

Twywell

The twelfth century church
Twywell
 Twywell shown within Northamptonshire
Population 179 (1991)
OS grid referenceSP950783
Civil parishTwywell
DistrictEast Northamptonshire
Shire countyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town KETTERING
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentCorby
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Coordinates: 52°23′34″N 0°36′14″W / 52.3927°N 0.6039°W

Twywell is a village and civil parish[1] in the English county of Northamptonshire.

Located just to the north of the A14 road approximately three miles west of Thrapston, Twywell forms part of the district of East Northamptonshire.

History

Twywell is recorded in the Domesday Book as Twowelle but can be dated back to the Iron Age. It is likely that this manor was given to Northman miles ("Northman the knight") in 1013 by King Æthelred II. This Northman is thought to be Northman, son of Leofwine.[2] This charter was preserved in the archives of Thorney Abbey, which in the 1050s was one of the abbeys controlled by Northman's relation Abbot Leofric of Peterborough.[3]

The Manor House Farm dates from 1591 and some of the building material is thought to have come from an old monastery situated between Slipton and Sudborough at a site known as 'Money Holes'.

Twywell was the birthplace of the bluestocking writer Hester Chapone, née Mulso, whose conduct book Letters on the Improvement of the Mind (1773), addressed to a 15-year-old niece, remained influential and regularly reprinted for over fifty years.[4]

Modern Twywell

The village is centred along the High Street and The Green and there are nine buildings of special architectural or historic interest in the parish.

The 1991 population was 179 with 87 residences.[5] There was a butcher, an off-licence and a public house. It is visited by a greengrocer and library.[5] A bus service operates to Thrapston and Kettering.

Twywell Hills and Dales Country Park is nearby and provides attractive countryside walks. Twywell Plantation, a wood belonging to the Woodland Trust is to the south and west of the village.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Parish Council contact details
  2. ↑ Baxter, Earls of Mercia, p. 31; PASE, s.v. Northman 5; Sawyer 931
  3. ↑ Baxter, Earls of Mercia, pp. 19 (figure 2.1), 30.
  4. ↑ ODNB entry: Retrieved 3 August 2011. Subscription required.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Details of the village
  6. ↑ Twywell Plantation

External links

Media related to Twywell at Wikimedia Commons