Spinney Hill is an area of
Northampton,
England
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, to the north of the town, in the
Parklands ward. It is bordered by a semi-wild park area called Bradlaugh Fields, another more traditional park, allotments and a residential area.
Amenities include shops, a pub (called "The Spinney Hill"),
Northampton School for Girls, a comprehensive
secondary school with
academy status, and primary and nursery schools.
The Post Office has relocated to Sweet Machine on Churchill Avenue.
The population is included in the Eastfield ward of Northampton Council.
History
Sir
Philip Manfield
Sir Moses Philip Manfield (26 July 1819 — 31 July 1899) was an English shoe manufacturer and politician based in Northampton.
Manfield was born in Bristol
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(a shoe manufacturer) had a substantial mansion built on Kettering Road for himself and his family between 1899 and 1902. James Manfield gave the house for a hospital and it opened as a "hospital for crippled children." It became an orthopedic hospital for all ages and closed as a hospital in 1992. The main building was then converted into apartments and renamed "Manfield Grange".
The Spinney Hill pub was built in 1936 by the Northampton Brewery Company. From 1937 until 1947 their tenants were Bertha Wilmott, a singing star of
variety
Variety may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats
* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
theatre and radio, and her husband Reg Seymour. At that time it was a hotel offering accommodation and a famous hotel guest in 1943 was Hollywood film star
Clark Gable
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, while he was a captain in the US army.
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