Pitsford

Coordinates: 52°18′23″N 0°53′34″W / 52.3064°N 0.8927°W / 52.3064; -0.8927
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Pitsford
The Griffin Inn, Pitsford
Pitsford is located in Northamptonshire
Pitsford
Pitsford
Location within Northamptonshire
Population671 (2011)
OS grid referenceSP7568
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN6
Dialling code01604
PoliceNorthamptonshire
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AmbulanceEast Midlands
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Northamptonshire
52°18′23″N 0°53′34″W / 52.3064°N 0.8927°W / 52.3064; -0.8927

Pitsford is a village and

2001 census, the parish's population was 636 people,[1] increasing to 671 at the 2011 census.[2]

The village's name means 'Peoht's ford'.[3]

Pitsford Water, which is used for fishing and sailing as well as storing water for the local area,[4] is north-west of the village, but only part of it lies within the parish.[5] Pitsford Airstrip is at Moulton Grange Farm.

Notable buildings

The Historic England website contains details of a total of 15 entries for listed buildings in the parish of Pitsford, all of which are Grade II except for All Saints’ Church which is Grade II*.[6] These include:

  • All Saints' Church, Church Lane. The church has a Norman doorway. The other parts are later. the Church was restored and the chancel rebuilt in 1867.[7]
  • Griffin Inn, High Street, old coaching inn where during the battle of Naseby King Charles 1st stayed and was informed of the defeat before retreating to London.
  • Pitsford Hall, Moulton Road, which is now used by Pitsford School. The Hall was originally built before 1785 to the design of John Johnson who also designed Kingsthorpe Hall and the County (or City) Rooms in Leicester. Pitsford Hall has been altered since 1945.[7][8][9]
  • Sedgebrook Hall which was built in 1861 and is now a venue for special events.

Quarrying

Ironstone is quarried at Pitsford and was formerly transported by

gannister was also obtained and this was taken from the western part of the quarry to the standard gauge branch by a short 2 foot gauge tramway with its own steam locomotive. Quarrying for the iron industry ceased in 1965 The quarry to the west of the main road was smoothed over as was the route of the branch railway by Spring 1967 but the quarry to the east of the A508 was later reopened for the obtaining of stone for road building, the stone being taken away by lorry. Steam quarrying machines were used at first but diesel machines were introduced from 1927 onwards. The steam machines were scrapped in 1958. Electric machines were also used from 1955.[10]

20,000 trees have been planted on the later quarried area since 2002.[11]

Notable inhabitants

  • Judy Carne, TV actress, lived here from the late 1980s until her death in 2015.
  • Stanisław Kościałkowski, Polish historian, lived here from 1950 until his death in 1960.
  • Bishop Robert Skinner (Bishop of Bristol, Oxford and Worcester) was born in the village on 10 February 1591
  • Henry Watkin, printer and socialist, was born in the village in 1824.

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Pitsford CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 16 November 2009
  2. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighborough Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  4. ^ Anglian Water: Pitsford Water Park. Retrieved 16 November 2009
  5. ^ Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 mapping
  6. ^ "Historic England – The List". Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  7. ^
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  8. ^ Pevsner op cit page 340
  9. ISBN 0-14-071018-3
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  10. ISBN 1-870-754-085
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  11. ^ "Pitsford Quarry Community Wood". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2017.

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