Strixton is a small village in eastern Northamptonshire that borders the main

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between Wellingborough and

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. The population of the village remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and is included in the

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of Wollaston. The village's name means 'Strikr's farm/settlement'. This name might be indistinguishable from the 'Stric' recorded in the

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as holding land in the adjoining

Bozeat Bozeat is a village and civil parish in the postal district of Wellingborough, North Northamptonshire, England, about south of Wellingborough on the A509 road, near Wollaston. At the time of the 2011 census, Bozeat's population (including E ...

and Wollaston parishes during the reign of

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. The village borders Grendon and Wollaston. The limited amenities include: * The Church ( St Rumwolds). * A business centre - utilising converted farm buildings.

The Church

St Rumwold was a little-known

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Saint who is said to have preached the Gospel after his baptism as an infant; his resting place is recorded as being in

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, but it is thought that there may also be some connection with Romaldkirk in Northern England, which is not properly recorded. In the 19th century attempts were made to rededicate the church to "John the Baptist" - but this never happened. The church is thirteenth-century and remains now largely as it was built. Inside the church there is a 15th-century screen which is the only late Gothic feature of the church and

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reports that it is "...simple with one light division". The church also owns a Jacobean chalice and paten dating to 1628, which is currently on display at the

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. According to Pevsner, the church was rebuilt in 1873 with old materials except for the western wall, which has a triple-chamfered doorway and a sexfoil window that has over it a wavy frame. There is a small cusped lancet to the right. In the church the windows are said to be mostly pairs of

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s. The communion rail is detailed as being with heavily twisted balusters.

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External links

Strixton Manor Business Centre Website

Website for the church

Villages in Northamptonshire Civil parishes in Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub

The Church

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