Willoughby, Warwickshire
Willoughby | ||
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Shire county | ||
Region | ||
Country | England | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
Post town | Rugby | |
Postcode district | CV23 | |
Dialling code | 01788 | |
Police | Warwickshire | |
Fire | Warwickshire | |
Ambulance | West Midlands | |
UK Parliament | ||
Website | Willoughby, a Warwickshire Village | |
Willoughby is a village and
Willoughby's toponym is derived from Old Norse Viligbýr meaning "willow farmstead".[citation needed]
The parish is bounded to the south by the River Leam and to the west by one of its tributaries. The village is just west of the main road between Daventry and Coventry, now the A45 road.
The
Manor
Before the
In 1457 William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester founded Magdalen College, Oxford on the site of the Hospital of St John the Baptist.[2] All of the hospital's endowments were transferred to the new college, and remained in its possession until the 20th century.[2]
Parish church
Willoughby's parish church dates from 1215 at the latest.[citation needed] The font has Early English Gothic carvings on its rim[3] and dates from 1230.[citation needed] Thurstan had granted the advowson to the Hospital of St John the Baptist by 1246.[2] However, the present Church of England parish church of Saint Nicholas is a Perpendicular Gothic building[3] dating entirely from the early part of the 16th century.[2] It has north and south aisles and arcades with characteristically late-Perpendicular four-centred arches.[3] The chancel was later rebuilt in brick, probably early in the 19th century.[3] St Nicholas' is a Grade II* listed building.[4]
The tower has a clock that may date from early in the 17th century.[2] It has also a ring of six bells.[5] Joseph Smith of Edgbaston[6] cast five of them in 1713;[5] William Chapman of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the tenor bell in 1781.[5]
St Nicholas' parish is now part of a single benefice with the parishes of Flecknoe, Grandborough, Leamington Hastings and Birdingbury.[7]
Economic and social history
In 1248 the Hospital of St John the Baptist was granted the right to hold a weekly market at Willoughby every Tuesday and a two-day annual fair at Whitsun.[2] The Tuesday market was still held in the 1830s.[2]
Pye Court was originally Pie Court and was the seat of the
In October 1642 Parliamentarian troops on the way to the battle of Edge Hill tried to pull down an ancient cross in Willoughby but were dissuaded by the Vicar.[2] It may have been a market cross or a preaching cross.
Construction of the
Willoughby had a post office by 1865.[12] It closed on 22 May 2002.[13]
Willoughby Cricket Club [14] was founded in 1901 and Willoughby Women's Institute was founded in 1920.[15]
Railway
In the late 1890s the
The Great Central Railway opened the line in March 1899 with a station at the village named "Willoughby for Daventry". In 1904 the GCR renamed the station "Braunston and Willoughby for Daventry". Both names were rather optimistic, as Daventry is 4.5 miles (7 km) away, Braunston is 1 mile (1.6 km) away and both had their own stations on a branch of the London and North Western Railway. In 1938 the GCR's successor the London and North Eastern Railway renamed the station Braunston and Willoughby. British Railways closed the station in April 1957 and the line in September 1966. Little remains of the station itself but the Station Master's red-brick house survives.[citation needed]
Amenities
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Willoughby has an 18th-century
Willoughby has a hair salon and other retail businesses.[citation needed]
References
Notes
- ^ Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Salzman 1951, pp. 261–264
- ^ a b c d Pevsner & Wedgwood 1966, pp. 473
- ^ Historic England (6 October 1960). "Church of St Nicholas (1116454)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b c Chester, Mike (7 August 2009). "Willoughby S Nicholas". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Dovemaster (31 October 2012). "Bell Founders". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Archbishops' Council (2010). "Willoughby – St Nicholas, Willoughby". A Church Near You. Church of England. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Historic England (3 July 1987). "Vale House (1116428)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Historic England (3 July 1987). "The Smithy (1034926)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Compton 1976, p. 20.
- ^ Compton 1976, p. 82.
- ^ British Postal Guide, 1 January 1866
- ^ Forster, Ken (September 2002). "Goodbyes & hellos". Stamp Magazine. p. 46.
- ^ Willoughby Cricket Club
- ^ "Organisations". Willoughby, a Warwickshire Village. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ Historic England (3 July 1987). "The Rose Public House (1116423)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ The Rose Inn, Willoughby
Bibliography
- Carlisle, W.L.; Ivens, S.G.; Mitchell, F.L.; Reynolds, M.J.; Troman, S.J.; Whitfield, R.J., eds. (n.d.). Willoughby: A Warwickshire Village.
- Compton, Hugh J. (1976). The Oxford Canal. Newton Abbot: ISBN 0-7153-7238-6.
- Pevsner, Nikolaus; Wedgwood, Alexandra (1966). Warwickshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. p. 473.
- Salzman, L.F., ed. (1951). "Willoughby". A History of the County of Warwick. Victoria County History. Vol. 6: Knightlow hundred. pp. 261–264.
External links
- Willoughby Parish Council – website of Willoughby's Parish Council