Aldwincle
Aldwincle (sometimes Aldwinkle or Aldwinckle) is a village and civil parish located in the district of East Northamptonshire, with a population at the time of the 2011 census of 322.[1] It stands by a bend in the River Nene, 4 miles (6.4 km) to the north of Thrapston.
Historic buildings
Two ecclesiastical parishes, Aldwinkle All Saints and Aldwinkle St Peter merged in 1879. The church of All Saints was declared redundant in 1971.
All Saints, a designated Grade I listed building,[2] is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[3] 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, the English historian Thomas Fuller, and the English Civil War figure Charles Fleetwood.
References
- Office for National Statistics: Aldwincle CP: Parish headcounts Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- Historic England, "Church of All Saints, Aldwincle (1191528)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 June 2013
- All Saints' Church, Aldwincle, Northamptonshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 29 March 2011
External links
Media related to Aldwincle at Wikimedia Commons- Aldwincle [All Saints and St Peter] in the Domesday Book
- A series of high resolution photographs etc.
- Illustrated walk to Wadenhoe and return