Warkton is a small
nucleated village and
civil parish in the
English county of
Northamptonshire. It is approximately three miles northeast of the town of
Kettering and seven miles west-northwest of
Thrapston, and forms part of
North Northamptonshire. At the time of the
2001 census, the parish's population was 144 people, reducing slightly to 136 at the 2011 Census.
The village's name means 'Farm/settlement which is connected to a man named Weorc(a)'.
The
Grade I listed
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parish church of St Edmund is particularly noted for containing four Baroque marble monuments erected between the 1750s and 1830s to members of the local Montagu family of
Boughton House. The monuments are housed in four niches in the specially constructed chancel. The original medieval (probably Norman) chancel was demolished to make way for its construction. The east window is large and of clear glass, flooding the chancel with light to show the white marble monuments at their best. Monuments to
John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu (1690–1749), and his wife,
Mary Churchill
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(1689–1752) are by the renowned sculptor
Louis-François Roubiliac.
A third monument to
Mary Montagu (1711–1775), daughter of John and Mary, is by
Pieter Mathias van Gelder (1742–1824). These first three monuments are of very high quality, rivalling the Roubilliacs in Westminster Abbey. The fourth monument, to
Elizabeth Scott, Duchess of Buccleuch (1743–1827), daughter of Mary, is by
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(1790–1858) and, though very fine, is of significantly lesser quality than the other three. The private family burial vault, adjacent to the chancel, contains the mortal remains of those celebrated in the monuments, together with their children, many who died in infancy, and
Ralph Montagu, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638–c. 1709).
Local villages include
Barton Seagrave,
Weekley,
Geddington and
Grafton Underwood
Grafton Underwood is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 134 people, increasing to 146 at the 2011 census. The village was used in Helen Fielding's Bridget J ...
.
References
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Brief description*
Villages in Northamptonshire
Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire
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