Old, Northamptonshire

Old

Church tower of St Andrew's, Old
Old
 Old shown within Northamptonshire
Population 308 
OS grid referenceSP7873
DistrictDaventry
Shire countyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Northampton
Postcode district NN6
Dialling code 01604
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentKettering
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire

Coordinates: 52°21′14″N 0°50′56″W / 52.3540°N 0.8489°W / 52.3540; -0.8489

Old (previously "Wold" and before that "Wolde") is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of the county of Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 308 people.[1]

It is near the village of Walgrave, and has a church, village hall, pub and park. It was once home to the haulage company Knights of Old, but they are now based in Kettering. As with many villages the number of farms has decreased, 2 shops, a blacksmith, a butcher and a second pub also disappeared. The village was the beneficiary of a large legacy left to it by a previous rector of the parish several hundred years ago and each year various needy residents of the village receive supplements.

Robert Woodford, the noted 17th-century diarist, was born at Old in 1606, a son of Robert Woodford and his wife Jane Dexter. He appears to have grown up in the parish.[2]

Notable buildings

The Historic England website contains details of a total of 19 listed buildings (all Grade II, apart from St Andrew's Church which is Grade I) and one scheduled monument at or in the vicinity of Old.[3] Amongst them are:

References

  1. ↑ Office for National Statistics: Old CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 14 November 2009
  2. ↑ Fielding, John (2012). The Diary of Robert Woodford, 1637-1641. Cambridge: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge. pp. 1–2. ISBN 978-1-1070-3638-3.
  3. ↑ "Historic England – The List". Retrieved 2015-09-11.

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