Arthingworth
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Arthingworth is a civil parish and village in the West Northamptonshire area of the county of Northamptonshire, England.[1] The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 238.[2]
The villages name probably means, 'enclosure connected with Earn(a)'.Earn referring to a river, suggesting the village was near a body of water. In the Domesday book the village appears as Erthingworde, at the time of the Domesday survey the village was owned by William the Conqueror. [3]
Location and communications
The nearest towns are Market Harborough about Template:Convert north and Kettering Template:Convert east via the A14 road which connects the town to the M1, M6 and M11 motorways.
Between 1859 and 1960 the village was served by Kelmarsh railway station about 1 mile south-west of the village and running trains between Northampton in the south and Market Harborough in the north.
Administration
The village has its own Parish Council.[4]
Notable buildings
The Historic England website contains details of a total of eight listed buildings in the parish of Arthingworth, all of which are Grade II apart from St Andrew's Church, which is Grade II*.[5] They include:
- St Andrew's Church, Braybrooke Road[6]
- Arthingworth Lodge, Kelmarsh Road[7]
- Arthingworth Manor. This was left as a shell in 1967 revealing walls probably from an older house. A stable block remains, now converted to a house but incorporating the Manor House staircase.[8]
- Bosworth House[9]
- Glebe House, Kelmarsh Road[10]
- Hall Farmhouse, Oxendon Road[11]
References
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