Lower Catesby is a
hamlet
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in the
civil parish
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of
Catesby, Northamptonshire, about southwest of
Daventry
Daventry ( , historically ) is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority in Northamptonshire, England, close to the border with Warwickshire. At the 2021 Census Daventry had a population of 28,123, making ...
. Lower Catesby is beside the nascent
River Leam
The River Leam (), anciently Leame, etc, is a river in England which rises at Hellidon Hill in Northamptonshire then flows through Warwickshire, including the town of Leamington Spa, named after it. It then flows into the River Avon near Warwic ...
, which rises about to the south in the parish of
Hellidon
Hellidon is a village and civil parish about south-west of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. The parish area is about . It lies – above sea level on the north face of an ironstone ridge, its highest point, at Windmill Hill, being sou ...
. The
Jurassic Way
The Jurassic Way is a designated and signed long-distance footpath that connects the Oxfordshire town of Banbury with the Lincolnshire town of Stamford in England. It largely follows an ancient ridgeway traversing Britain; most of its route i ...
long-distance footpath
A long-distance trail (or long-distance footpath, track, way, greenway (landscape), greenway) is a longer recreational trail mainly through rural areas used for hiking, backpacking (wilderness), backpacking, cycling, horse riding or cross-cou ...
passes through Lower Catesby. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of
Hellidon
Hellidon is a village and civil parish about south-west of Daventry in Northamptonshire, England. The parish area is about . It lies – above sea level on the north face of an ironstone ridge, its highest point, at Windmill Hill, being sou ...
.
The hamlets name means 'Katr's/Kati's farm/settlement'.
Archaeology
Roman
Roman or Romans most often refers to:
*Rome, the capital city of Italy
*Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD
*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
coins of the Empress
Faustina I (early 2nd century) and Emperor
Maximian (late 3rd century) are said to have been found in Catesby Park near Lower Catesby before 1720.
Manor
The
Domesday Book
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of 1086 records a
manor of four
hides at Catesby, and that one Sasfrid held it of William Peveral.
[ The same four hides held of William Peverel ''(sic)'' is recorded again in the 12th century. In about 1175 it was held by Sasfrid's grandson Robert de Esseby][ (''i.e.'' "Ashby", referring to Robert's '']caput
Latin words and phrases
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