Nassington is a village and
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 authorit ...
in
Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire (; abbreviated Northants.) is a county in the East Midlands of England. In 2015, it had a population of 723,000. The county is administered by
two unitary authorities: North Northamptonshire and West Northamptonshire. It is ...
, England. At the time of the
2001 census, the parish's population was 670 people, increasing to 827 at the 2011 Census The
River Nene
The River Nene ( or : see below) is a river in the east of England that rises from three sources in Northamptonshire.OS Explorer Map sheet 223, Northampton & Market Harborough, Brixworth & Pitsford Water. The river is about long, about of w ...
runs along the eastern side of the parish.
![UK Nassington](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/UK_Nassington.jpg)
The villages name means 'Promontory place farm/settlement'.
The village has existed since at least Anglo-Saxon times, for an Anglo-Saxon hall was taken over by the Viking king,
Cnut the Great
Cnut (; ang, Cnut cyning; non, Knútr inn ríki ; or , no, Knut den mektige, sv, Knut den Store. died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norwa ...
, as one of his royal halls. Cnut is known to have visited after 1017, with his court including
Aethelric the
bishop of Dorchester on Thames. In 1107
Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry I the Long, Margrave of the ...
gave the hall and land to the
Bishop of Lincoln
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The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and ...
,
Robert Bloet
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, to endow a
prebend.
The village and manor were featured in episode 117, ''King Cnut's Manor'' of ''
Time Team
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'' (aired 7 March 2004).
The manor is now a private home, but the Prebendal Manor and Tithe Barn Museum, and gardens, are open to the paying public on some days. The gardens only contain plants introduced prior to 1485.
See also
*
Nassington railway station
Nassington railway station is a former railway station in Nassington, Northamptonshire. It was owned by the London and North Western Railway but from 1883 to 1916 was also served by trains of the Great Northern Railway.
It opened for passenge ...
*
William of Nassyngton
References
External links
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The Prebendal Manor
Villages in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire
Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
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