72-613: Badby is a village and a rural parish of about 2,020 acres (820 ha) in West Northamptonshire , England. Badby is about 2 miles (3 km) south of Daventry , on the A361 Daventry to Banbury road, which still follows the route of the Lutterworth-Daventry-Banbury turnpike as approved in 1765. The parish is bisected west to east, at about 395 feet (120 m) above sea level, by
144-402: A Forestry Commission Woodland Grant Scheme Agreement, running from 2006 to 2011. Natural England was involved and supports the works undertaken. A large number of sycamore and some larch were felled and removed to allow for native species, and the edges of the rides cleared in the first stage. In the second stage, more and larger larch were removed. A ring of horse chestnut trees, marking
216-517: A chapel of the parent church at Badby in the initial times, but for a few years was recorded as the main church. The shared rector or vicar arrangement goes back 750 years. Charters record that the land was given by a Saxon sheriff (or shire reeve), Norman, to the Abbey of Croyland (or Crowland) around the year 726. To fund defence against the invading Danes around 871, Beorred seized it back and gave it to his army officers to secure their services. In
288-401: A charter dated 944, King Edmund I of England gave an estate comprising Dodford , Everdon and all of Badby with Newnham to Bishop Aelfric of Hereford . After Edmund's murder in 946, the estate was returned in 948 to Croyland by his brother, King Edred (or Aedred, Ædred, Edric) on the advice of Turketul (or Turketulus), his chancellor. Abbot Godric II of Croyland, to buy protection against
360-480: A company registered on 16 December 1936 and its name was changed to Geoff Amos Coaches Ltd on 18 April 1983 upon a change of ownership and its base moved to Eydon . The Government's Rural Bus Challenge led to the formation of the Great Central ConneXion quality bus partnership between Geoff Amos Coaches, Warwickshire , Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire County Councils . From 4 September 2000
432-647: A fess vair between three leopard's faces jessant-de-lys or . From 1964 Badby House had extensions carried out for use by passionist contemplative nuns, when it also became known as Our Lady of Passion Monastery. It was listed Grade II in January 1968, (English Heritage ID 360650). In 2009 the monastery additions were replaced with extensions suitable for its use as a care home, with comprehensive facilities dedicated to neurological illnesses and disorders. It now operates as Badby Park. The Lantern House, an early 19th century building so named because of its octagonal tower shape,
504-728: A field and house in Badby in 1597, but gave it up in 1606. His son John was born in Milton Malsor probably in 1570. Badby registers show: NOTE: Arthur Louis Finnell, CGRS, of the National Huguenot Society states this about Thomas and Ann Routes (Roote)'s son: "JOHN b. 1575; m 1600 Badby, England to Mary Russell. Listed in 1598 as an alien in London." To be a bonafide Huguenot, a person must have left France after 10 Dec 1520 and before 28 Nov 1787, suggesting Thomas Routtes
576-591: A good knowledge of household work. Otherwise, they stayed until they were fourteen. The school building was used in later years from 1870 as an infant school, supported by the Knightleys, until the County Council took over the education of the village children. It has now been listed as a building of historic interest. The National School was started by Mrs Mary Green, second wife of the Rev. Thomas Green, who
648-405: A history of continuous woodland cover for over seven hundred years. Lowland hazel-pedunculate woodland is the most common vegetation type present, with pedunculate oak-ash-hazel occurring locally in the wetter areas. Woodland habitat of this kind has declined significantly throughout Northamptonshire and is now unusual in the county. Early 2007 saw the start of work undertaken by Fawsley Estate under
720-488: A person from the village; this included the spinning and weaving of sheets. The six older girls were taught in much the same way and were known as Lady Knightley Girls. The older girls went to Fawsley each day to be taught by the housekeeper how to cook and clean, make beds, set tables, feed fowl, etc. They, too, were provided with all their clothes and at the age of twelve took a Labour Certificate examination. If they passed they could leave school, starting in situations with
792-538: A school playing field. When the Hollies was sold in 1965 the council purchased the field and the playing area adjacent to the 1913 building was completed in 1967. A highlight of the school year has for many years been the Rose Day event when the elected May King and May Queen are crowned at a ceremony incorporating maypole dances. On 1 July 2014 the school officially converted to academy status. It became part of
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#1732773316345864-471: A service number GA01 and to Banbury GA02 (Buses in Dunchurch, Onley, Braunston and between Byfield and Woodford Halse used the same road in the same direction to both termini!). However, this distinction became blurred in later years. The service continued until Friday 5 August 2011 when the company suddenly collapsed. Some journeys were covered that day by Stagecoach from Banbury and Rugby garages and
936-580: A swineherd by the name of Eof . According to the monastic history, Evesham came through the Norman Conquest unusually well, because of a quick approach by Abbot Æthelwig to William the Conqueror . The abbey is of Benedictine origin, and became in its heyday one of the wealthiest in the country. Simon de Montfort (1208–1265) is buried near the high altar of the ruined abbey, the spot marked by an altar-like memorial monument dedicated by
1008-532: Is also covered by civil parishes , which form a second tier of local government. Since its creation in 2021, the Conservatives have held a majority of the seats on the council: The leader of the council from its first meeting following its creation in 2021 was Jonathan Nunn, who was the last leader of the old Northampton Borough Council. Ian McCord, outgoing Conservative leader of the old South Northamptonshire District Council , had served as leader of
1080-592: Is entirely covered by civil parishes , of which there are 166. The district includes the site of the Roman fortified town of Bannaventa , and the grade I listed stately home Althorp House and its estate. Evesham Abbey • Saint Eoves Evesham Abbey was founded by Saint Egwin at Evesham in Worcestershire, England between 700 and 710 following an alleged vision of the Virgin Mary by
1152-505: Is fortunate to have such a valuable history of local folklore and its own village folk music tunes. Bus services through the village had always been minimal and just met the demand to and from Daventry. The village is located in the unprofitable fringes between big bus company areas. United Counties Omnibus Company withdrew the remaining service in 1980 when Northamptonshire County Council withdrew financial support. After that, infrequent services were provided by K W Coaches Ltd of Daventry,
1224-551: Is now closer to six other cathedrals of the Church of England , which are, in order of distance: Coventry , Leicester , Oxford , Birmingham , Lichfield and Worcester . King Henry VIII granted the manors of Badby and Newnham in 1542 to Sir Edmund Knightley and his wife Ursula and their heirs. The dower house in Fawsley Park, last inhabited in 1704, is now in ruins. It was built for Lady Ursula after Sir Edmund died. There
1296-639: Is owned by the Fawsley Estate. This estate belonged to the Knightley family from 1416 and passed through the female line to the Gage family of Firle, Sussex in 1938 when the male line died out. Most of the wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest , and the citation states: Badby Wood is the largest of a localised group of ancient semi-natural woodlands lying mainly on acidic soils derived from Jurassic Upper Lias Clays and Northampton Sands . It has
1368-539: The Archbishop of Canterbury in 1965. During the 16th-century dissolution of the monasteries , almost all of the abbey was demolished. Today, only one section of walling survives from the abbey itself, although fragments of the 13th-century chapter house , together with the almonry , the 16th-century bell tower and a gateway remain. The abbey's site is a scheduled monument and has several listed structures within it and adjacent to it, of which four are designated at
1440-506: The COVID-19 pandemic . New ward boundaries have been drawn up to take effect from the 2025 elections, which will reduce the number of councillors from 93 to 76, to be elected from 35 wards each electing one, two or three councillors. From 2025 elections will be held every four years. Council meetings are generally held at Northampton Guildhall , with the nearby former Northamptonshire County Council offices at One Angel Square serving as
1512-598: The Earl Leofric of Mercia , who had supported Canute and was married to the famous Godiva (or Godgifu). In turn, Earl Leofric gave the lordship of the manor of Badby and Newnham to the Benedictine Abbey of Evesham , for the remainder of the 100-year lease supposedly granted by Abbot Godric II of Croyland. This was ratified by King Canute in 1018. The Anglo-Saxons and the Danes began to settle together. Then
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#17327733163451584-707: The Sandy Heath transmitter. However, some southwestern parts of the area such as Brackley is served by BBC South and ITV Meridian broadcasting from the Oxford TV transmitter. Radio stations for the area are: The area is served by these local newspapers: Northampton Chronicle & Echo , Daventry Express and Banbury Guardian which covers Brackley . For a county-wide list for Northamptonshire see List of places in Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire
1656-414: The ceremonial county of Northamptonshire for the purposes of lieutenancy and shrievalty . In March 2018, following financial and cultural mismanagement by the cabinet and officers at Northamptonshire County Council, the then Secretary of State for Local Government, Sajid Javid , sent commissioner Max Caller into the council, who recommended the county council and all-district and borough councils in
1728-557: The 15th century and the tower rebuilt in 1707–09. The building was restored in 1880-81 by Edmund Francis Law and is a Grade II* listed building. The parish is part of the united benefice of The Knightley Parishes of the Church of England . Four of the chest tombs in the churchyard were separately listed as Grade II in 1987 (English Heritage ID 360661 and 360662). Badby House> was built in 1826 by Charles William Watkins, whose arms are listed in Burke's General Armory (1884) as: Azure,
1800-615: The Abbot of Evesham, was effected through Pope John XXII with Henry Berghersh , Bishop of Lincoln . It was in 1343 that the endowment for a vicar was laid down in a Lincoln diocesan document Ordinacio Vicarie in Ecclesia de Baddeby; 1343 , and Reginald Musard became the first vicar. Since its foundation in 709, Evesham Abbey had successfully developed an independent existence. It could not avoid being dissolved in November 1539, during
1872-582: The Chantry Chapel, now known as the Lichfield Chapel in consequence, provides a link to the closing days of the life of the abbey. During the dissolution of the monasteries , on its surrender to the king in 1540 the abbey was plundered and razed to the ground, although the bell tower built earlier that century was saved. The tower stands 110 feet (34 m) tall and is a Grade I listed building . Other remains include: The full area of
1944-508: The Cotswolds and into Northamptonshire. The changes brought about by the enclosures , industrialisation and the railways all changed rural life dramatically. Many of the traditional Morris dance teams just stopped dancing, and their dances were forgotten and lost for ever. Badby had a tradition of Morris dancing, and village men still danced till about the 1870s. They too broke up about then, some moving off to find work. Without new recruits,
2016-490: The Innovate Multi-Academy Trust together with Weedon Bec , Woodford Halse and Kilsby Schools. Up to about the mid-19th century, a number of villages in south Northamptonshire had Morris dance teams who performed each spring and early summer as part of their local customs. This ancient English tradition, considered to be very old even at the time of Elizabeth I, was common throughout the area of
2088-509: The Normans arrived. In their Domesday Book of 1086, Badby is listed under the lands owned by Croyland Abbey, ignoring the lease to Evesham. Around 1124, as the lease had ended, elderly Abbot Joffrid of Croyland set about resolving with Evesham the ownership of Badby. The fire that burned down Croyland Abbey in 1091 destroyed any deeds, if they existed. Abbot Reginald of Evesham convinced Joffrid that Croyland had no claim. The retention by Evesham
2160-653: The Protestant Reformation and founding of the Church of England . In the 9th century, the parish was in the Diocese of Dorchester (Oxon), a safer location adopted by an earlier Bishop of Leicester to avoid the invading Danes. The seat was moved to Lincoln in 1073 by Remigius . Lincoln Diocese was itself split on 4 September 1541 and Badby church, in Daventry deanery, came within the new but poorly endowed Diocese of Peterborough , in which it remains. It
2232-542: The Upper or Warwickshire Avon (1795). Among the visiting artists who came to paint them was J. M. W. Turner , who in 1793 made pen and wash studies of the abbey gateway and of the Church of St Laurence seen through the bell tower's arch. An anonymous artist of the period also left a panorama of the tower and churches behind it as seen from the river. In the following century, the antiquary Edward Rudge began excavations of
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2304-504: The abbey during the Protestant Reformation . The grange finally tumbled down in 1722. Its remains lie hidden in a thicket at 52.227734, -1.177539 which unfortunately developed after the excavations ended. In 1316, there was no Abbot in post, so King Edward II appointed Thomas de Evesham, one of his Chancery clerks, as rector of the benefice. The licence, which moved more control of, and finance from, Badby and Newnham to
2376-427: The abbey precincts, most of which is today a public park, was designated as a scheduled monument in 1949. As of 2022 , the site in general and in particular the almonry and Abbot Reginald's wall, are on Historic England's Heritage at Risk register owing to their vulnerable condition. Other buildings linked to the history of the abbey include Middle Littleton tythe barn . Prints of picturesque ruins accompanied
2448-490: The abbey remains on parts of his property, between 1811 and 1834. The results were given to the Society of Antiquaries of London ; illustrations of the discoveries were published in their Vetusta Monumenta with a memoir by his son, Edward John Rudge and illustrations by his wife, Anne Rudge . Evesham Abbey Trust, a charity and charitable incorporated organisation registered in 2016, aims to conserve, preserve and improve
2520-541: The abbey site and environs. Since May 2017, the trust owns the freehold of much of the site following its gifting by the Rudge family. The trust in 2019 obtained over £1m of funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund , Historic England and other local and regional funders to begin the conservation and restoration of the abbey walls and the creation of a set of interpretive gardens. The work
2592-491: The area around Badby, but some are suspect. The land around Badby and Newnham changed hands frequently as the swirling forces of Mercia and the invading Danes ebbed and flowed across middle England. Badby and Newnham manors were treated as one until the Knightleys sold Newnham manor to the Thorntons of Brockhall in 1634. The church benefice has always been Badby with Newnham (or Badby-cum-Newnham), Newnham being
2664-438: The buildings up to acceptable standards; insufficient money could be found to do these; the school was therefore closed and the present school was built by the council, opened in January 1913 on the site already used by the school children for gardening lessons and duly celebrated its centenary in 2013. The National School building was used for Sunday school and Mothers' Union meetings for several years. A harvest festival sale
2736-447: The conservation area, which had a deteriorating thatch covered with corrugated iron in the 1920-30s, was reclad with new corrugated iron sheeting in 2016, because the owners were not permitted to re-thatch using longer-lasting reed thatch instead of straw. The first school in Badby was a charity school supported by the Knightleys of Fawsley and built in 1812 from a design by Wyatt in a Gothic and cruciform shape. Baker's states that
2808-457: The council's headquarters. The council also inherited offices at The Forum in Towcester from South Northamptonshire District Council and Lodge Road in Daventry from Daventry District Council. The Forum continues to be used as additional offices and for some council meetings, whilst Lodge Road has closed, being replaced by a smaller area office in Daventry. The West Northamptonshire population
2880-747: The county be abolished, and replaced by two unitary authorities, one covering the West, and one the North of the county. These proposals were approved in April 2019. It meant that the districts of Daventry, Northampton and South Northamptonshire were merged to form a new unitary authority called West Northamptonshire, whilst the second unitary authority North Northamptonshire consists of the former Corby , East Northamptonshire , Kettering and Wellingborough districts. West Northamptonshire Council provides both county-level and district-level services. The whole area
2952-616: The dancing stopped. The dances of Badby might have been lost too, but about 1911 the folk song and dance collector Cecil Sharp visited the Daventry area with George Butterworth , the composer, who was a fellow collector and a dancer himself. They sought older villagers who could remember the Morris and the names of those men involved in it. The team costume was described as all white with pleated shirts with epaulettes and decorated with red, white and blue rosettes , two white silk scarves were worn crossed over shoulders to opposite waist side over
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3024-649: The early 20th century. In 1546 the rectorship and patronage of Badby and Newnham were passed to Christ Church, Oxford . It remained with Christ Church, Oxford, except for disruption by the Commonwealth, until 1919, when the Bishop of Peterborough became the patron. The Root(e) family is listed as one of the early settlers in “A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, before 1692”. We often receive enquiries, especially from America about
3096-461: The entrepreneurial spirit of the company will ensure viability of this service, started by the initiative of former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott , while funding of bus services by national governments through local government seriously falters. The coronavirus pandemic led to service 200 being reduced from hourly to 2 hourly from March 23, 2020 until June 29, 2020, and to similar halving of services D1, D2 and D3 from April 5, 2020. Badby Wood
3168-577: The family. There are no monuments, gravestones nor descendants of the family that we can identify in Badby village today. The 17th century parish records record births, baptisms, marriages and burials of a few members of the family. The records are now housed at the Northamptonshire Records Office. Below are the results of research by former resident Cristine Orr. Thomas Roote married in Milton Malsor . This Thomas had
3240-404: The formation of a deer park for hunting and food. The enclosing embankments and ditches of the deer park still exist to the east of the village. Archeological excavations of the grange site in 1965-69 identified work from the 13th to 16th centuries. Three bakehouses were added in the 1350s; its hall and chapel were renovated in the 1380s. It continued in a variety of uses after the dissolution of
3312-472: The foundation has also been dated to 709): "When the blessed Ecgwine saw that longed-for day when the place which he had built would be consecrated, and a monastic order established to serve God in that place, he then abandoned all concerns for worldly matters, and devoted himself to a contemplative way of life. Following the example of the Lord by humbling himself, he resigned his bishop's see, and became abbot of
3384-553: The full timetable was operated soon afterwards. To make the service viable, Stagecoach rationalised the routes from 5 September 2011. Banbury to Daventry became service 200, operated from Banbury, omitting Staverton ; and Daventry to Rugby reformed, with other subsidised journeys, into two services 10 and 12 operated from Rugby. In 2017 the services were linked so as to provide a service through Daventry between Northampton and Rugby via Kilsby and DIRFT , numbered D1 (via Barby ) and D2 (via Braunston ). There are those who hope that
3456-427: The functions of those districts' councils, plus those of the abolished Northamptonshire County Council . These changes were implemented by creating a new non-metropolitan district and a non-metropolitan county covering the area, both called West Northamptonshire. There is no county council; instead the district council performs county-level functions, making it a unitary authority. West Northamptonshire remains part of
3528-472: The growth of domestic tourism in Britain during the second half of the 18th century, among which can be found striking images of the remains of the abbey walls and bell tower at Evesham. These, accompanied by scenic and historical descriptions, were collected, for example, in such works as Francis Grose 's Antiquities of England and Wales (1786) and, more particularly, Samuel Ireland 's Picturesque Views on
3600-446: The highest Grade I level. The year of the foundation of the abbey (that is, when a monastic community was first established) is problematic. William Tindal (1794) comments that "I have a MS. but without name or reference, which says that he [i.e. Ecgwine ] began his Abbey in the year 682. This is before he was made bishop, and seems improbable. Tanner [Not. Mon. p.168] says in 701. The date of Pope Constantine ’s charter may decide
3672-498: The monastery." The alleged charter of Ecgwine (purportedly written in 714) records that on the feast of All Saints "Bishop Wilfrid and I consecrated the church which I had built to God, the Blessed Mary, and to all Christ’s elect". The feast of All Saints became established in the West after 609 or 610 under Pope Boniface IV ; its observance on 1 November dates from the time of Pope Gregory III (died 741). A Bishop Wilfrid
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#17327733163453744-431: The point as to the consecration of his Abbey, but there is reason to suppose that Egwin began to build as early as the year 702". George May gives 701 as the year that Ethelred conferred on Ecgwine the whole peninsula with the erection of the monastery commencing in the same year. On the other hand, the year of the consecration derives from the grant of the first privilege to the abbey from Pope Constantine "written in
3816-639: The rest of the area is predominantly agricultural villages though it has many lakes and small woodlands. The West Coast Main Line and the M1 and M40 motorways pass through the district, and it includes the site of the Roman town of Bannaventa and the grade I listed Althorp House and its estate. West Northamptonshire was formed on 1 April 2021 through the merger of the three non-metropolitan districts of Daventry , Northampton , and South Northamptonshire . The new West Northamptonshire Council therefore absorbed
3888-520: The school was erected by the Lady Mary Knightley, daughter of John Baines Esq. and niece of the Bishop of Worcester , who married Sir John Knightley in 1779. The Lady Knightley, whose name the school bore, provided everything for the education of twelve poor girls. The six younger girls were boarded and had clothing provided, including boots, shawls and bonnets. They were known as Sir Charles' Girls and were taught chiefly domestic work by
3960-418: The seven hundred and ninth year of our Lord’s incarnation." Ecgwine allegedly returned from Rome bearing this charter, which was apparently read out by Archbishop Berhtwald at a council of "the whole of England" held at Alcester , although that meeting was probably fictitious. Thomas of Marlborough records that, in accordance with the apostolic command, a community of monks was then established (meaning
4032-414: The shadow authority set up to oversee the transition to the new arrangements. Following the 2021 election and subsequent changes up to May 2024, the composition of the council was: Four of the six independents sit together as the 'Independent Group'. The next election is due in 2025. Elections for a shadow authority were due to be held on Thursday 7 May 2020 but were postponed until 6 May 2021 due to
4104-497: The shirts. They wore bells on their legs and a "scotch" glengarry type of hat with ribbons at the back. The dances are particularly energetic and flowing in style, with beautiful tunes. Most current Morris teams dance at least one Badby dance, usually "Beauxs of London City". The local team Moulton Morris Men have revived the whole Badby dance tradition, as they specialise in Northamptonshire Morris dances. Badby
4176-484: The start of the path to the stone arch into the cherry tree avenue, declined over ten years. The last ones fell over or were felled by the end of 2008. Fawsley Estate erected new gates and fencing here in 2009. West Northamptonshire West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire , England, and was created in 2021. It contains the county town of Northampton , as well as Daventry , Brackley and Towcester ;
4248-490: The threatening Danes, leased Badby in 1006 for 100 years to Norman (or Northman), son of Leofwine, Earl of Leicester (and Chester), a great military officer under King Edred. The Danes attacked and prevailed in 1013 under their King Sweyn (or Sveyn), who died in 1014. He was eventually succeeded by his son Canute (or Cnut, Knud, Knut). In 1016 Norman was killed and in 1017 Edred was executed by King Canute. Canute thus acquired Badby and later transferred it to Norman's brother,
4320-471: The upper reaches of the River Nene . The village is mainly south of the river, where the land rises to Badby Down at 610 feet (190 m). Its population has fluctuated between 450 and 625 from 1801 to 1971, with a low point of 410 in 1901, then to a high of 720 in 1991. It was 645 in 2001, 632 in 2011 and up to 701 in the 2021 census. The village's name means 'Badda's fortification'. the second element
4392-441: The vicarage, but this building was later converted into three cottages to be disposed of by the vicar at his discretion; when one of these cottages became vacant the school for girls was started. As soon as the next cottage became vacant it was taken for a school for boys and the poor were repaid for the loss of the cottages by so much coal each year. The third cottage was finally added to the school. When repairs were needed to bring
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#17327733163454464-499: The village was provided with a bus service better than ever experienced before when an hourly service began from Banbury via Byfield , Woodford Halse , back to Byfield, through Badby and Staverton to Daventry and thence through Braunston , HM Prison Onley and Dunchurch to Rugby railway station . The service was operated with a fleet of five new easy access yellow buses calling at a series of newly marked bus stops, many equipped with new bus shelters. Journeys to Rugby were given
4536-488: The village was the only thatched youth hostel in England and Wales. After being closed in 2005, it was modernised. Originally built in 1686 in the same year as Stuart Cottage on the opposite side of the green overlooking the church, it is now a single-family residence and thatched again in 2012. The adjacent former warden's cottage was sold separately. Its old corrugated iron roof was replaced by thatch in 2009. A house in
4608-525: Was Egwin’s successor to the see of Worcester (though he is sometimes confused with Wilfrid, Bishop of York , who died c. 709). Although the exact year of the foundation remains unclear, it has sometimes been assumed that the date of the abbey's consecration was the feast of All Saints in 709. That the consecration occurred on this feast day would provide a neat connection with All Saints' Church in Evesham. That Abbot Clement Lichfield lies buried beneath
4680-596: Was also held there until 1965. The Sunday school then moved to the church and after about 1955 the Mothers' Union meetings were held in the Lady Mary School building which had become the village hall. In 1966 the National School building was finally declared unsafe and was pulled down; the site is now used for car parking. For some years the county council had the meadow behind the Hollies earmarked for
4752-456: Was born in France, likely in 1555, and fled to Badby to escape Catholic persecution. NOTE2: The above Huguenot origins are in question. It is now being considered that Thomas was a son of Lawrence Roote of Milton Malsor and evidence to this is currently being researched. The church, dedicated to St Mary, was mostly built in the early 14th century with a very fine continuous clerestory added in
4824-476: Was completely restored and extended to provide modern living accommodation in 1981–82. There were 29 houses listed in 1987 under the Town and Country Planning Acts as having special architectural or historic importance. Many very valuable features in other buildings went unrecorded. The core of the village was designated a Conservation Area in 1993 by Daventry District Council . One of the 17th century cottages in
4896-520: Was confirmed in 1246 in a charter by King Henry III and again in 1330 by King Edward III after a court hearing. Evesham Abbey built a moated grange or farm headquarters 500 yards north-east of the church. The house was built by the notorious Abbot Roger Norreys in 1189. He was a well known womaniser who was exiled to the small and distant priory of Penwortham in 1213. In 1246 King Henry III granted free warren within Badby Wood and authorised
4968-399: Was considerable unrest in the parish in the last 20 years of the 16th century, when Valentine Knightley attempted to transfer much area of arable to pasture and to restrict tenants’ rights to woodland. Several tenant families, despite being Puritans like Knightley, used aggressive action as well as national legal arbitration to protect their rights. The manor lands and courts were dissolved in
5040-490: Was estimated to be around 406,733 people in 2020, in 2011, off of previous administrative boundaries, the population of the West Northamptonshire area was around 375,101 people, with it being 345,589 people in 2001. In 2020, there was around an estimated 202,004 men and 204,729 women. In terms of television, West Northamptonshire is served by BBC East and ITV Anglia with television signals received from
5112-500: Was replaced with early Old Norse 'by', meaning 'farm/settlement'. Badby is spelt in various ways since Saxon times, through the Norman period, until printing stabilised it in the present form. Badby, Badbye, Baddebi, Baddeby, Badebi and Badeby are all found. Baddanbyrg or Baddan Byrig were used in the 944 AD charter, but these more likely refer specifically to Arbury Hill (see below). There are several mediaeval charters referring to
5184-414: Was vicar from 1816 to 1871. It was used by the older children and controlled by church managers for about sixty years. Initially, Mrs Green gathered a number of church-going girls in the vicarage on Sunday afternoons to learn poetry and hymns. She began to teach the girls to read and write and then decided to take a cottage for the purpose. The parish had formerly kept its own poor in a workhouse opposite
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