Newbottle, Northamptonshire
| Newbottle | |
|---|---|
  Newbottle | |
| Newbottle shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population |
438 (2001 census)[1] 528 (2011 census) |
| OS grid reference | SP523369 |
| Civil parish |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Banbury |
| Postcode district | OX17 |
| Dialling code | 01295 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Welcome to the Charlton-cum-Newbottle Website! |
Newbottle is a civil parish and largely deserted village in South Northamptonshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of the market town of Brackley. It is close to the Oxfordshire county boundary and about 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south-east of the town of Banbury.
A stream that is a tributary of the River Cherwell forms the parish boundary to the north-west. The remainder of the parish boundary mostly follows field boundaries.
The parish includes the larger village of Charlton, about 0.5 miles (800 m) southeast of Newbottle. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 438, most of whom live in Charlton.[1] increasing to a joint population of 528 at the 2011 census.[2]
Archaeology
Rainsborough Camp is an early Iron Age hill fort in the southernmost part of the parish. Excavations in 1961-65 found that it had been inhabited and developed in phases between the 4th century BC and about 4 AD.[3]
Manor
Newbottle manor house is 16th century, built probably in the reign of Henry VIII[3] possibly by Peter Dormer, a member of the famous Buckinghamshire family, who held "Nubottel" at about that time when his daughter Elizabeth married the owner of Salford Hall, Salford Abbots.[4] The west wing was added in the 17th century and the library has panelling dating from about 1730.[3] The house has also an octagonal dovecote.[3]
Parish church
The Church of England parish church of Saint James has a tower built in about 1290-1210[5] and a Norman font. The present chancel is 13th century.[6] Between the nave and north aisle is a four-bay Decorated Gothic arcade.[3] The south aisle is a Perpendicular Gothic arcade addition.[6] The Gothic Revival east window in the chancel was inserted in 1865[6] and its stained glass is by C.E. Kempe.[3]
In the Middle Ages St. James' belonged to the Augustinian Dunstable Priory.[7] The Priory's annals for 1291 record it as receiving tithes from Newbottle.[7] It still possessed St. James' in 1535 when the Crown's bailiff valued the Priory's property and estates in preparation for the Dissolution of the Monasteries.[7]
St. James' now forms a single benefice with SS Peter and Paul, King's Sutton.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Area selected: South Northamptonshire (Non-Metropolitan District)". Neighbourhood Statistics: Full Dataset View. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 14 November 2009.
- ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, page 312
- ↑ Phillimore, W.P.W., M.A., editor, The Visitation of Worcestershire 1569,London, 1888, p.8.
- ↑ Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, page 311-312
- 1 2 3 Pevsner & Cherry, 1973, page 311
- 1 2 3 Victoria County History, 1904, pages 371-377
- ↑ Archbishops' Council (2010). "St James, Newbottle w Charlton". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
Further reading
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (1973) [1961]. Northamptonshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 311–312. ISBN 0-14-071022-1.
- A History of the County of Bedford, Volume 1. Victoria County History. 1904. pp. 371–377.
External links
- Map sources for Newbottle, Northamptonshire
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