Lower Catesby
Lower Catesby | |
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St Mary & St Edmund parish church | |
Location within Northamptonshire | |
OS grid reference | SP5159 |
Civil parish | |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Daventry |
Postcode district | NN11 |
Dialling code | 01327 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Website | Catesby (Parish Meeting) |
Lower Catesby is a
The hamlets name means 'Katr's/Kati's farm/settlement'.[1]
Archaeology
Roman coins of the Empress Faustina I (early 2nd century) and Emperor Maximian (late 3rd century) are said to have been found in Catesby Park near Lower Catesby before 1720.[2]
Manor
The Domesday Book of 1086 records a manor of four hides at Catesby, and that one Sasfrid held it of William Peveral.[2] The same four hides held of William Peverel (sic) is recorded again in the 12th century.[3] In about 1175 it was held by Sasfrid's grandson Robert de Esseby[2] (i.e. "Ashby", referring to Robert's caput at Canons Ashby).
Priory
Robert de Esseby founded a
In 1535
Catesby House and parish church
In 1537 the Crown sold the remains of the priory to John Onley, who had at least part of the building turned into his family mansion.[2] Early in the 17th century it passed from the Onley family to a family called Parkhurst.[2] Also in the 17th century a church was built or rebuilt in Lower Catesby.[5] An engraving made in about 1720 and drawings made in 1844 suggest a 16th-century house arranged around a central courtyard and a symmetrical west front rebuilt about 1700, with a very formal garden around the house and extending to the east of it.[2] The central courtyard could have been derived from the priory courtyard.[2]
In Catesby churchyard is the tomb of John Parkhurst (1701–65).[6] One of his sons was the Revd. John Parkhurst (1728–97), who was a biblical lexicographer.
In 1861 the 17th-century church was demolished and replaced by the present
In 1863 the Catesby House was demolished and a new one was built[2][8] above lower Catesby, about half-way up the hill to Upper Catesby. The new Catesby House is Jacobethan and incorporates items from previous buildings at Lower Catesby: 16th-century linenfold panelling said to come from the priory,[7] and 17th-century panelling,[7] doorcases and a stair with barley-sugar balusters,[7] all from the old Catesby House.[8]
In 1894 Catesby House was enlarged[8] and a vestry and west porch were added to the church.[5]
A long, rectangular formal pond survives from the gardens of the old Catesby House.[2] There are earthworks, many of them rectilinear, indicating house or priory walls and further formal ponds.[2] It is not entirely clear which walls are from the house and which are from the priory.[2]
Village
The hamlet of Lower Catesby is a
Just north of the church is a row of four early 17th-century cottages.[9] Pevsner and Cherry commented that the row "looks as if it were built as almshouses".[7]
Stone House in Upper Catesby, about 275 yards (251 m) east of the ruins of Upper Catesby church, is early 18th-century.[10] Its porch incorporates a 13th-century Early English Gothic arch said to be from the priory.[7][10]
References
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n RCHME 1981, pp. 37–43
- ^ Adkins & Serjeantson 1902, p. 370.
- ^ a b c d e f g Serjeantson & Adkins 1906, pp. 121–125
- ^ a b c d Historic England (18 January 1968). "Chapel of St Mary and St Edmund (1372013)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Historic England (24 February 1987). "Chest tomb of John Parkhurst in churchyard of old church of St Mary (1372031)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Pevsner & Cherry 1973, p. 145
- ^ a b c Historic England (24 February 1987). "Catesby House (1075311)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ Historic England (18 January 1968). "Row of cottages to the north of Chapel of St Mary and St Edmund (1075310)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
- ^ a b Historic England (18 January 1968). "Stone House (1075312)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 November 2013.
Sources
- Adkins, W.R.D.; Serjeantson, R.M., eds. (1902). A History of the County of Northampton. Victoria County History. Vol. 1. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. p. 370.
- ISBN 0-14-071022-1.
- RCHME, ed. (1981). "Catesby". An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire. Vol. 3 – Archaeological sites in North-West Northamptonshire. London: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. pp. 37–43.
- Serjeantson, R.M.; Adkins, W.R.D., eds. (1906). "The Priory of Catesby". A History of the County of Northampton. Victoria County History. Vol. 2. Archibald Constable & Co. pp. 121–125.
External links
- Map sources for Lower Catesby