Chelveston Cum Caldecott
Chelveston cum Caldecott is a civil parish forming part of North Northamptonshire. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 566. Its principal settlements are Caldecott, Northamptonshire, Caldecott, Chelveston and Chelston Rise. References External links Parish Council web-site
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Civil Parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of ecclesiastical parishes, which historically played a role in both secular and religious administration. Civil and religious parishes were formally differentiated in the 19th century and are now entirely separate. Civil parishes in their modern form came into being through the Local Government Act 1894, which established elected parish councils to take on the secular functions of the parish vestry. A civil parish can range in size from a sparsely populated rural area with fewer than a hundred inhabitants, to a large town with a population in the tens of thousands. This scope is similar to that of municipalities in Continental Europe, such as the communes of France. However, ...
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North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire is one of two local authority areas in Northamptonshire, England. It is a unitary authority area forming about one half of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire. It was created in 2021. Its notable towns are Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Rushden, Raunds, Desborough, Rothwell, Irthlingborough, Thrapston and Oundle. The council is based at the Corby Cube in Corby. It has a string of lakes along the Nene Valley Conservation Park, associated heritage railway, the village of Fotheringhay which has tombs of the House of York as well as a towering church supported by flying buttresses. This division has a well-preserved medieval castle in private hands next to Corby – Rockingham Castle – and about 20 other notable country houses, many of which have visitor gardens or days. History North Northamptonshire was created on 1 April 2021 by the merger of the four non-metropolitan districts of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, and Wellingbo ...
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Caldecott, Northamptonshire
Caldecott is a hamlet in the North Northamptonshire, England, about east of the centre of Rushden and south of Raunds. Caldecott is in the civil parish of Chelveston cum Caldecott, less than south of Chelveston. The villages name means 'Cold cottages' Parish Church The Church of England parish church of St John the Baptist is in Caldecott Road between Caldecott and Chelveston. The earliest parts of the church are 13th-century, including the north tower. Part of the chancel is 14th-century. The south porch was built in 1635. The arcades were rebuilt and the north aisle added in 1849–50 to designs by the architect E. F. Law. The church is a Grade II* listed building. The north tower has a ring of five bells, but currently they are unringable. Accordingly a new electronic bell sound system was installed in 2012. Church Bells Henry Penn of Peterborough cast the second and tenor bells in 1727. Thomas I Eayre of Kettering cast the treble bell in 1744. Robert Taylor of Lough ...
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Chelveston
Chelveston is a small village in North Northamptonshire. It is about east of Higham Ferrers and east of Wellingborough on the B645 (former A45 road) from Higham Ferrers to St Neots. To the south is the hamlet of Caldecott and the settlement of Chelston Rise which together comprise the civil parish of Chelveston cum Caldecott. The population is now included in the civil parish of Chelveston cum Caldecott. History The villages name means 'Ceolwulfs farm/settlement'. The last lords of the manor of Chelveston were the Disbrowe family, and the last lord, Lt. Col. Henry Edward Disbrowe Disbrowe-Wise CBE, who had inherited the title from his mother, sold off the last of the family's estate properties in Chelveston at auction in July 1919. Disbrowe-Wise moved to other family properties in South Derbyshire. The parish church is dedicated to St John the Baptist and is mostly 13th century. The north arcade is 1849-50 by Edmund Francis Law, a Northampton architect. Village Hall Formerl ...
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Civil Parishes In Northamptonshire
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