Wardington
Wardington is a village and
The parish includes the
Toponym
A hundred roll from AD 1279 records the toponym as Wardinton. Its etymology is Old English but its meaning is uncertain. "Ward" may be derived from a person called Wearda, or it may be from the Old English wearde or wearda meaning a beacon or cairn.[2] The suffix -ingtūn is very common in Old and Middle English but its meaning is disputed.[3]
Manor
The Domesday Book of 1086 records Wardington as part of the Cropredy manor of Remigius de Fécamp, Bishop of Lincoln.[4]
Between Wardington and Upper Wardington is
Church and chapel
Church of England
The Church of England parish church of Saint Mary Magdalene has a 12th-century chancel and 13th-century nave. In the 14th century new Decorated Gothic windows were added to the chancel. In the 15th century a Perpendicular Gothic clerestory was added to the nave and a west tower was built.[7]
Monuments in the church include two 14th-century tomb recesses and a 14th-century slab with a foliated cross. There is a 15th-century monumental brass to Henry Freebody, who died in 1444. In the south chapel is an 18th-century monument to George Denton, who died in 1757.[8]
The church was restored in 1887 and 1889 under the direction of the Gothic Revival architect Ewan Christian, and again in 1912–14 under the direction of WT Loveday. St Margaret's is a Grade I listed building.[8]
The tower has a ring of six bells. Henry I Bagley of Chacombe[9] cast the oldest in 1669,[10] Henry II Bagley cast the tenor bell in 1682[10] and Henry II and Matthew I Bagley cast the treble bell in 1685.[10] John Briant of Hertford[9] cast two more of the bells in 1791 and 1795.[10] John Taylor cast the youngest bell in 1841, presumably at his then foundry in Oxford.[9]
St Mary Magdalene parish is now part of the Benefice of Shires' Edge along with those of Claydon, Cropredy, Great Bourton and Mollington.[11]
Methodist
A congregation of
Social and economic history
In 1469 in the
Williamscot House is Elizabethan, built for Walter Calcott in about 1568.[15] A Queene Anne style wing was added in 1704 and extended in Georgian style in 1777.[16] The Elizabethan part of the house is now Grade II* listed.[15]
From 1574 Wardington was served by the Free School northeast of Williamscot House.[17] The Free School was closed in 1857 but the building survives. By 1833 a school had been established at Wardington itself. This became a National School and acquired its own purpose-built premises in 1845. After 1947 it became a primary school, with children older than 11 being schooled in Banbury.[4] The school was closed in 1991 and is now a private house.
In 1753 Wardington had three public houses: the Green Man, the Hare and Hounds and the Wheatsheaf, also called the White Swan and the White Lion. The Green Man seems to have ceased trading by 1787. In 1966 Upper Wardington had two public houses: the Plough and the Red Lion.[4] Today only the Hare and Hounds remains in business, as the others have been converted into private homes.
In 1900 the Great Central Railway's branch line between Culworth and Banbury was built through the southern edge of Wardington parish. In 1911 the railway opened Chalcombe Road Halt more than a mile south of the village on Wardington Road. British Railways closed the halt in 1956 and the line in 1966.
Wardington Memorial Hall was built in 1920 as a monument to members of the village who were killed serving in the First World War.[4]
Amenities
Wardington has only one
Wardington Cricket Club plays in South Northants Cricket League Division four.[19]
Transport
The A361 road runs through Wardington, with some sharp bends where there has been a number of crashes.[20] Northamptonshire County Council's Transport Prioritisation Framework includes plans for an A361 bypass of Wardington, Chipping Warden and Byfield.[21]
Since 2011 Stagecoach in Oxfordshire has operated bus route 200 between Banbury and Daventry via Wardington, running hourly from Mondays to Saturdays. There is no Sunday or bank holiday service.[22]
Until 2011 Geoff Amos Coaches of Eydon had run a Monday to Saturday bus service between Rugby and Banbury via Daventry and Wardington. In April 2011 Northamptonshire County Council reduced its English National Concessionary Travel Scheme payment to bus operators from 53 pence to 38 pence per passenger and Geoff Amos Coaches warned that this would threaten the viability of its bus services.[23] On 4 August 2011 Geoff Amos Coaches announced the withdrawal of its scheduled bus services with effect from 5 August until further notice.[24]
References
- Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Ekwall 1960, Wardington.
- ^ Ekwall 1960, -ing-.
- ^ a b c d e Crossley et al. 1972, pp. 210–225.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 823.
- ^ Historic England. "Wardington Manor (Grade II*) (1228757)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, pp. 822–823.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Church of St Margaret, High Street (Grade I) (1228671)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ Central Council for Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- A Church Near You. Church of England. Archived from the originalon 5 October 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 822.
- ^ Foard, G; Partida, T (May 2005). "Battle of Cropredy Bridge". Battlefields Trust. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Cropredy Bridge (1000008)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 July 2015.
- ^ a b Historic England. "Williamscot House, late sixteenth century range, Wardington Road (Grade II*) (1287374)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Williamscot House, Georgian wing (Grade II) (1228090)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "Williamscot House, School House approximately 200 metres north west (Grade II) (1287353)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Hare and Hounds in Wardington". Our Pubs. Hook Norton Brewery. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ South Northants Cricket League
- ^ "Taming of a danger route". Banbury Guardian. Johnston Press. 8 November 2005. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ MRC McLean Hazel 2006, pp. 71, 73, 77.
- ^ "Banbury – Daventry Service 200" (PDF). Stagecoach in Oxfordshire. June 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Appeal for cash to save bus service". Daventry Express. Johnston Press. 5 April 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ "Confusion after buses stop running". Daventry Express. Johnston Press. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
Sources
- Crossley, Alan (ed.); Colvin, Christina; Cooper, Janet; Cooper, NH; Harvey, PDA; Hollings, Marjory; Hook, Judith; Jessup, Mary; )
- ISBN 0198691033.
- MRC McLean Hazel (2006). Northamptonshire Transport Strategy for Growth – Transport Prioritisation Framework. Northampton: Northamptonshire County Council. pp. 71–77.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; ISBN 0-14-071045-0.