Stanford-on-Avon

Stanford-on-Avon

Church of St Nicholas
Stanford-on-Avon
 Stanford-on-Avon shown within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP589786
DistrictDaventry
Shire countyNorthamptonshire
RegionEast Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Northampton
Postcode district NN6
Dialling code 01788
Police Northamptonshire
Fire Northamptonshire
Ambulance East Midlands
EU Parliament East Midlands
UK ParliamentDaventry
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire

Coordinates: 52°24′08″N 1°08′05″W / 52.4023°N 1.1348°W / 52.4023; -1.1348

Stanford-on-Avon is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanford in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire, England. It lies next to the River Avon which here forms the county boundary between Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. On the Leicestershire side of the river is the historic house of Stanford Hall. Stanford Reservoir is one mile north of the village.

Organ

The church contains the oldest metal organ pipes surviving in Britain. As the upper part of the organ-case appears to be related to the Dallam organ at Tewkesbury Abbey, the pipes probably date from the 1630s (i.e. before the Cromwell era when many organs were destroyed).[1]

References

  1. Gwynn. "Survivors & Exiles". Retrieved 1 November 2014.

External links

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