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Fawsley Hall
Fawsley is a hamlet and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England.- OS Explorer Map 207: Newport Pagnell & Northampton South (1:25 000) The population at the 2001 census was 32. At the 2011 census the population remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Charwelton. The hamlets name possibly means 'fallow deer wood/clearing' or 'fallow-coloured wood/clearing'. It was created out of the combination of the 'Egelweardesle' and 'Grauesende' Hundreds in the 12th century. According to Morton, the hundred-court was held under a beech-tree called Mangrave (perhaps a combination of '(ge)maene' and 'graf'). The Domesday Book (1086) confirms the population of FawsleyFalelau as around 50, but the Knightley family of Fawsley Hall developed the sheep farming at the expense of their peasant tenants, who were all evicted by the turn of the 15th century. The hall and the church are all that remain of Fawsley. Fawsley Hall Fawsley Hall and landscape park was created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Northamptonshire
West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority area covering part of the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England, created in 2021. By far the largest settlement in West Northamptonshire is the county town of Northampton. Its other significant towns are Daventry, Brackley and Towcester; the rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands and is passed through by the West Coast Main Line and the M1 and M40 motorways, thus hosting a relatively high number of hospitality attractions as well as distribution centres as these are key English transport routes. Close to these is the leisure-use Grand Union Canal. The district has remains of a Roman town Bannaventa, with relics and finds in the main town museums, and its most notable landscape and the mansion is Althorp. History West Northamptonshire was formed on 1 April 2021 through the merger of the three non-metropolitan districts of Daventry, Northampton, and South North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newnham, Northamptonshire
Newnham is a village in West Northamptonshire in England.- OS Explorer Map 207: Newport Pagnell & Northampton South (1:25 000) The village is south of Daventry, west from Weedon Bec, west of junction 16 of the M1 motorway and west of Northampton. The A45 road runs a mile northwest of the village. The nearest railway station is at Long Buckby, northeast. The villages name means 'At the new homestead/village' or 'at the new hemmed-in land'. The village nestles below a large hill in the valley of the River Nene. The village name is thought to derive from the nearby River Nene. The hill, called Newnham Hill, is topped by an ancient disused windmill, and has commanding views over the nearby town of Daventry. Also on the hill is a large aerial which is part of the air traffic control system of the British Isles. The parish church The parish church, called St Michael and all Angels, is a former chapel of a parent church at Badby. The benefice has always been Badby-cum- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha-ha (garden)
A ha-ha (french: hâ-hâ or ), also known as a sunk fence, blind fence, ditch and fence, deer wall, or foss, is a recessed landscape design element that creates a vertical barrier (particularly on one side) while preserving an uninterrupted view of the landscape beyond from the other side. The design can include a turfed incline that slopes downward to a sharply vertical face (typically a masonry retaining wall). Ha-has are used in landscape design to prevent access to a garden by, for example, grazing livestock, without obstructing views. In security design, the element is used to deter vehicular access to a site while minimizing visual obstruction. The name "ha-ha" is thought to have stemmed from the reaction of the son of Louis XIV of France whose governess prevented him from approaching the drop for fear of injury. When he approached, he said "Ha Ha, this is what I'm supposed to be afraid of?" and since then more people started referring to "saut de loup" as "Ha Ha"; alter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of St Mary The Virgin, Fawsley
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is a Church of England parish church in Fawsley, Northamptonshire, England. It serves the parish of Fawsley under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Peterborough. It was built in the 13th century and is a Grade I listed building. History The current church dates to the 13th century. It is thought to have been established in 1209 on the site of a wooden Anglo-Saxon church, as a chapel under St John the Baptist Church in Blisworth. This lasted until the Dissolution of the Monasteries when the Knightley family demolished most of the village to enclose land for sheep farming. The church was protected from demolition by the fact that it had had land granted to it to establish a chantry in Bedfordshire. In 1690, the chancel was rebuilt and later, the church had effigies of the Knightley family installed after a number of them were buried in the church. The church was granted Grade I listed status in 1968 and was amended in 1987. Aided by its isol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Firle Place
Firle Place is a Manor house in Firle, Sussex, United Kingdom. The Gage family have owned the land at Firle since acquiring it from the Levett family in the 15th century. The manor house was first built in the late 15th century by Sir John Gage, who made Firle Place his principal home. He held many high offices, including Constable of the Tower and was an executor of Henry VIII's will. The external cladding of the building is Georgian, using Caen Stone to make it look like a classical French Chateau. This work was completed by Sir William Gage, 7th Baronet who inherited the house in 1713 and the house is set in typically open parkland. The interior of the house however is Tudor in style and circulates around a central courtyard. The house has an extensive collection of paintings, porcelain and furniture, including works by Gainsborough, Reynolds, Van Dyck, Raphael, Puligo, Zoffany and Teniers. During World War I, students from the nearby Southover Manor School in Lewes w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Merrick
Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then went to live at the London Hospital after he met Sir Frederick Treves, subsequently becoming well known in London society. Merrick was born in Leicester and began to develop abnormally before the age of five. His mother died when he was eleven and his father soon remarried. Rejected by his father and stepmother, he left home and went to live with his uncle Charles Merrick. In 1879, 17-year-old Merrick entered the Leicester Union Workhouse. In 1884, he contacted a showman named Sam Torr and proposed that Torr should exhibit him. Torr arranged for a group of men to manage Merrick, whom they named "the Elephant Man". After touring the East Midlands, Merrick travelled to London to be exhibited in a penny gaff shop rented by showman Tom Norman. N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Northamptonshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
South Northamptonshire is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since its 2010 recreation by Andrea Leadsom, a Conservative who served as Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy until 13 February 2020. She was Leader of the House of Commons from 2017 to 2019, and Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from 2016 to 2017. The seat of South Northamptonshire is considered a Conservative safe seat with having elected a Conservative MP at every election for 110 Years. Current Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom was re-elected in 2019 with an increased majority. Constituency profile This is a rural seat around Towcester and Brackley but also includes the southern edge of Northampton. There is a significant motorsport sector including Silverstone. Incomes and house prices are above average for the UK. History Before 2010, the constituency existed from 1832 to 1918, and from 1950 to 1974, however on different b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisa Knightley
Louisa Mary Knightley, Lady Knightley (25 April 1842 – 2 October 1913) was a British Anglican and women's rights activist. Life Born on Lower Grosvenor Street in London as Louisa Bowater, she was the daughter of General Edward Bowater and Emilia Mary Barne. She was educated at home and kept a diary from the age of fourteen. The family were close to the British Royal Family, and Louisa was a lady-in-waiting at the marriage of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany and Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont. In 1869, she married Rainald Knightley, a Conservative Party Member of Parliament twenty-three years her senior. Knightley devoted much of her time to the church, serving as a national vice-president and the Peterborough diocese president of the Girls' Friendly Society. She was also a founding committee member of the Working Ladies Guild. She was also interest in politics, and when the Primrose League was established in 1883, she soon joined, and from 1885 until 1907, she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Salvin
Anthony Salvin (17 October 1799 – 17 December 1881) was an English architect. He gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations. He restored castles and country houses, and built a number of new houses and churches. Early life and training He was born in Sunderland Bridge, County Durham, as the only child of General Anthony Salvin, a soldier, and his second wife Elizabeth (Eliza) Mills. He was educated at Durham School and in 1820 became a pupil of John Paterson of Edinburgh while he was working on the restoration of Brancepeth Castle in County Durham. In 1821 Salvin moved to Finchley in north London. He had an introduction to Sir John Soane but did not enter his office. According to his nephew he entered the office of John Nash. In 1824 he was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries. Soon after this he went on a sketching tour of Great Britain. On 26 July 1826 he married his cousin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley
Rainald Knightley, 1st Baron Knightley (22 October 1819 – 19 December 1895), known as Sir Rainald Knightley, 3rd Baronet, from 1864 to 1892, was a British Conservative Party politician. Origins Knightley was the son of Sir Charles Knightley, 2nd Baronet of Fawsley, and his wife Selina Mary, daughter of F. L. Hervey. In 1864 he inherited the baronetcy and the Fawsley estate on the death of his father. The prominent ''de Knightley'' family originated at the Staffordshire manor of Knightley, acquired by them shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Domesday Book of 1086 lists the tenant of ''Chenistelei'' as ''Rainald'', namely "Reginald the Sheriff", who held 88 manors throughout England, said to be the ancestor of this family. Mark Noble (1787) wrote of the de Knightley family: :''There is no private family in the kingdom has given more knights; none which has been more numerous in its branches; some of them have almost rivalled the eldest in consequence, and that fett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Sheriff Of Northamptonshire
This is a list of the High Sheriffs of Northamptonshire. The High Sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the High Sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere or are now defunct, so that its functions are now largely ceremonial. The High Sheriff changes every March. Sheriffs Before the 13th century *c.1070–c1090 William of Keynes (or Cahaignes) "English Historical Review" *c.1086 Hugh fitzBaldric *c1125–1128: Hugh de Warelville *1129: Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere II *1154: Richard Basset and Aubrey de Vere II *1155–1156: Simon Fitz Peter *1161–1162: Hugh Gobion *1163: Simon Fitz Peter and Hugh Gobion *1164–1168: Simon Fitz Peter *1169–1173: Robert, son of Gawini *1174–1176: Hugo de Gundevill *1177–1182: Thomas, son of Bernard *1183: Thomas and Radulph Morin *1184–1186: Geoffrey Fitz Peter *1189: Geof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Knightley
Lucy Knightley (1742–1791) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1763 and 1784. Early life Knightley was the son of Valentine Knightley of Fawsley, Northamptonshire and his wife Elizabeth Dummer, daughter of Edward Dummer of Swaythling, Hampshire and was born on 23 February 1742. He was educated at Rugby School in 1748 and at Eton College from 1755 to 1759. In 1760, he matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford on 26 January aged 17. On the death of his father on 2 May 1754, he had succeeded to Fawsley Hall, which he developed in the 1760s by employing Capability Brown on his gardens. Career He was High Sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1770–71. Knightley was returned for Member of Parliament for Northampton at a by-election on 21 November 1763 on the Compton interest. During this period he is only known to have voted once in 1767. He did not stand at the 1768 general election. He is generally described in parliamentary lists as ‘country gentlema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
