Achurch
Achurch | |
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![]() The elaborate cover for the village well | |
Location within Northamptonshire | |
Population | 421 (2011) |
OS grid reference | TL021830 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | PETERBOROUGH |
Postcode district | PE8 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
Achurch (formerly Asenciran sometimes referred to as Thorpe Achurch) is a village in the civil parish of Thorpe Achurch, in North Northamptonshire, England. Situated on a small rise above the River Nene, 5 miles South of the market town of Oundle, the population of the civil parish of Thorpe Achurch at the 2011 census was 421.[1]
The parish includes the Grade I listed property Lilford Hall and the Grade II* listed Church of St. John the Baptist, an early and late 13th-century Anglican church restored and enlarged by architect William Slater in 1862.
History
The villages name means 'Asa's church' or 'Asi's church'.[2]
Settled successively since the
Notable people
- Robert Browne who had previously founded the Brownists, a forerunner of Congregationalism, was rector here from 1591 to 1631.
- William Peake – born in Achurch in 1603, became Lord Mayor of London in 1686.
- Edmund Quincy – ancestor of John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, lived in the village prior to emigrating to America in 1633.
The village has lent its name to people's surnames who are believed to have originated from the village.
References
- ^ "Civil Parishg population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ Page, William (1930). "A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 3". British History Online. Victoria County History. p. 135. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
External links
Media related to Achurch at Wikimedia Commons
- A series of ten photographs and some further details of the village
- Map sources for Achurch
- Achurch in the Domesday Book