Napton on the Hill
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Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | SOUTHAM | |
Postcode district | CV47 | |
Dialling code | 01926 | |
Police | Warwickshire | |
Fire | Warwickshire | |
Ambulance | West Midlands | |
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Napton on the Hill is a village and
. The population of the civil parish taken at theManor
The
Napton was included in the half that passed to his younger sister Margaret, and thereby to her husband Saer de Quincy who in 1207 was made Earl of Winchester. Napton was still part of the honour of Winchester Castle in 1271[3] but Roger de Quincy, 2nd Earl of Winchester had died in 1265 with no male heir, leaving his estates to his three daughters. In 1285 the husbands of two of these, Alexander Comyn, Earl of Buchan and William de Ferrers, 5th Earl of Derby, jointly claimed view of frankpledge over Napton.[3] There are further references to Napton's feudal overlordship in the 14th century and in 1413.[3]
Parish church
The oldest parts of the Church of England parish church of St Lawrence include the chancel,[4] which was built in the 12th century[3] and still has three Norman windows in its north wall.[4] The south doorway of the nave is also from the end of the 12th century.[4] Prof. Louis Salzman considered that the north and south transepts were also 12th century[3] but Prof. Nikolaus Pevsner and Alexandra Wedgwood proposed a later date of about 1275, noting their triplets of Early English Gothic lancet windows.[5] The north and south aisles were added in the 13th century[3] after the transepts.[5] The lower stages of the bell tower date from about 1300.[5] The east window of the south transept is a later Perpendicular Gothic addition.[5]
The south porch reuses a mixture of
The tenor was recast in 1874 and John Taylor & Co rehung all the bells in 1958.[6] The ring was increased to six bells by the addition of the treble cast by Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1963.[6] St. Lawrence's is at the top of the hill, making it a local landmark and giving it commanding views over the surrounding countryside, especially from the top of the tower. St. Lawrence's parish is now part of a single Church of England benefice with the parishes of Lower Shuckburgh and Stockton,[7] part of the Bridges Group of parishes.[8] Actor Ed Bishop is buried in the churchyard.
Economic and social history
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In the 14th century Napton was granted a
Napton had separate schools for girls and boys until 1948 when they were merged to form the current St. Lawrence
Canals
The first section of the
The 11 miles (18 km) long
In 1800 the
A century later, in autumn 1911, the canals again suffered a water shortage so the Oxford Canal brought its well at Napton back into use.
Napton Festival
On 16 September 2006 the first Napton Festival was held at Holt Farm on Holt Road. The headline act was the hard rock band Girlschool. The festival was repeated in the same place in 2007, with two stages and with The Sweet and the Hollies as its main acts. In 2008 the main acts were Bad Company on the main stage and Aynsley Lister in the marquee. The 2008 festival extended to the Friday night with Jilted Generation performing in the marquee. Smaller events were held in Napton village in 2009 and 2010, both headlined by Whole Lotta DC. In 2011 the festival was held in a new site on the edge of Napton village. It was a two-day event with bands including the Ripps on the Friday night and the Bluetones and the Total Stone Roses headlining the Saturday night.
Notable people
The
References
- ^ "Napton on the Hill Parish in West Midlands". City Population. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
- ^ "History of Napton – Napton Parish Council".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Salzman 1951, pp. 181–187
- ^ a b c Pevsner & Wedgwood 1966, p. 358
- ^ a b c d e f Pevsner & Wedgwood 1966, p. 359
- ^ a b c Chester, Mike. "Napton on the Hill St Lawrence". Church Bells of Warwickshire. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
- ^ Napton on the Hill – St. Lawrence, Napton on the Hill
- ^ The Bridges Group
- ^ Historic England. "Napton Windmill (1185610)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "St Lawrence CE Primary School with Little Lawrences". Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ^ "A brief History of Napton on the Hill, Part 2". Napton on the Hill.
- ^ Compton 1976, p. 19.
- ^ a b Compton 1976, p. 20
- ^ Compton 1976, p. 22.
- ^ British Waterways Board 1965, p. 10.
- ^ Compton 1976, p. 48.
- ^ a b Compton 1976, p. 49
- ^ a b Compton 1976, p. 84
- ^ Compton 1976, p. 79.
- ^ Compton 1976, p. 91.
- ^ Compton 1976, p. 92.
- ^ a b Compton 1976, p. 137
- ^ Compton 1976, pp. 153–154.
- ^ a b c Compton 1976, p. 140
- ^ "Obituaries: John Heap". The Daily Telegraph. London. 18 March 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
- ^ "Checked Shirt TV Limited". OpenCompany.co.uk. Archived from the original on 22 August 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
Sources
- Allen, Geoff (2000). Warwickshire: Towns and Villages (Towns & villages of Britain). Sigma Leisure. ISBN 1-85058-642-X.
- British Waterways Board (1965). British Waterways Inland Cruising Booklet 6, Cruising on The Oxford Canal, Napton Junction to Oxford. London: British Waterways Board.
- Compton, Hugh J (1976). The Oxford Canal. Newton Abbot: ISBN 0-7153-7238-6.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). The Buildings of England: Warwickshire. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 358–359.
- Salzman, LF, ed. (1951). A History of the County of Warwick, Volume 6: Knightlow hundred. Victoria County History. London. pp. 181–187.
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