Wappenham
Wappenham | |
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2011 Census) | |
OS grid reference | SP6245 |
• London | 70 miles (113 km) |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Towcester |
Postcode district | NN12 |
Dialling code | 01327 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Wappenham is a
The village's name means 'homestead/village of Waeppa' or 'hemmed-in land of Waeppa'.[3]
Buildings
Wappenham has some of the earliest architectural works by Sir George Gilbert Scott.[4][a]
The red-brick vicarage, east of the church, built in 1833 as a home for his father Reverend Thomas Scott who was vicar of Wappenham at the time, was Gilbert Scott's first work, built while he was still an assistant architect. Pevsner describes it as "...only remarkable for being Sir George Gilbert Scott's first building".[4] The village also contains four other houses designed by Gilbert Scott, and on the village green there is a still-functional red K6 telephone box designed by Gilbert Scott's grandson Giles Gilbert Scott.[5]
The
The church is 13th century and dedicated to St Mary. There are several monuments located there to various individuals, including Thomas Lovett of Astwell Castle (d.1492), Thomas Lovett III (d.1542), Constance Butler (d.1499), and Sir Thomas Billing (d.1481), Chief Justice, of Biddlesden Abbey, Buckinghamshire.[4]
Wappenham had its own railway station until 1951, on the former Towcester/Banbury line between Helmdon and Greens Norton Junction. The last train on the line ran on 12 July 1953.[6]
References
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Wappenham CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 25 November 2009
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ "Key to English Place-names".
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-09632-3.)
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- ^ The Unofficial SMJ Society
External links
Media related to Wappenham at Wikimedia Commons
- Village website
- Map sources for Wappenham