Aldwincle (sometimes Aldwinkle or Aldwinckle) 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 ...

North Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire is one of two local authority areas in Northamptonshire, England. It is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area forming about one half of the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Northampto ...

, with a population at the time of the 2011 census of 322. It stands by a bend in 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 ...

, to the north of Thrapston. The name of the village means "Ealda's nook".

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The

ecclesiastical parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...

es of Aldwincle All Saints and Aldwincle St Peter merged in 1879. All Saints was declared redundant in 1971. Being also a designated Grade I

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, it is cared for by the

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. Also listed Grade I are St Peter's Church, Lyveden New Bield (and gardens), and Lyveden Old Bield. The small primary school, Aldwincle Trinity, opened in 1976. The village rectory was the birthplace of the English poet

John Dryden '' John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the per ...

, the English historian Thomas Fuller, and the

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figure Charles Fleetwood, as well as the home of poet Mary Rolls.

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A series of high resolution photographs etc.Illustrated walk to Wadenhoe and return
Villages in Northamptonshire North Northamptonshire Civil parishes in Northamptonshire {{Northamptonshire-geo-stub

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