Great Harrowden

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Great Harrowden
(2011 census)
OS grid reference	SP879708
Unitary authority	North Northamptonshire
Ceremonial county	Northamptonshire
Region	East Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WELLINGBOROUGH
Postcode district	NN9
Dialling code	01933
Police	Northamptonshire
Fire	Northamptonshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
Wellingborough
List of places UK England Northamptonshire 52°19′44″N 0°42′36″W / 52.329°N 0.710°W / 52.329; -0.710

Great Harrowden is a village and

.

The village's name means 'heathen

Nearby settlements include Little Harrowden, Isham and Finedon.

Church

The Church of England parish church of All Saints dates back to Norman times and is Grade II* listed.^[3] It is famous for its medieval Doom painting above the chancel arch. The painting is not sophisticated but is considered to be one of the best and most complete Dooms remaining in England.^{[citation needed]}

The church is mainly made of ironstone apart from the tower, which is ashlar. The tower was rebuilt in 1822; there was formerly a spire, but this collapsed in the 18th century.

The church contains some 17th-century plate (cup: 1695; paten: 1698) and a brass to William Harrowden.

Great Harrowden Hall

In the 15th century the manors of Great and Little Harrowden were held by Sir

are both known to have visited. The Vaux family were created barons by Henry VIII in 1523. On the death of the fifth Lord Vaux in 1662 the title fell into abeyance and the estates were inherited by Nicholas Knollys, who was still claiming the title Earl of Banbury when he died in 1674.

was educated at Great Harrowden Hall between 1890 and 1892.

In 1975 the hall was acquired by Wellingborough Golf Club to be its new clubhouse after it had been rescued from demolition by A. James Macdonald-Buchanan, High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1972. An 18-hole golf course has been created in the park.

The Hall is Grade I listed

and three groups of lead statuary.

Gallery

• 
  Princess Victoria Kaiulani, heir to the throne of the Hawaiian kingdom, educated at Great Harrowden Hall
• 
  The medieval

  doom

  picture in All Saints' Church

References

Further reading

• Collen, George William (1811). Debrett's Peerage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: William Pickering. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
• ISBN 0-300-09632-1

External links

• Wellingborough Golf Club
• Great Harrowden Church Website