| 词条 | Woodford, Northamptonshire |
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|country = England |official_name= Woodford |coordinates = {{coord|52.3815|-0.5819|display=inline,title}} |population= 1,461 |population_ref= (2011 census) |shire_district= East Northamptonshire |shire_county = Northamptonshire |region= East Midlands |constituency_westminster= Corby |post_town= Kettering |postcode_district = NN14 |postcode_area= NN |dial_code= 01832 |os_grid_reference= SP9676 |london_distance= |static_image_name= St. Mary the Virgin Church at Woodford, Northamptonshire.jpg |static_image_caption= Church of St. Mary the Virgin seen from the River Nene }}Woodford is a large village and civil parish located in East Northamptonshire, England. At the time of the 2011 census, the parish's population (including Woodwell) was 1,461 people.[1] It is in two distinct parts, the easterly, lower, part being alongside the River Nene and the westerly, upper, part is on the through road out of the Nene valley. Its parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and has the nickname "the Cathedral of the Nene". Inside the church can be found a couple of curiosities. Within a niche cut into a pillar, there is a mummified human heart wrapped in coarse cloth. This was discovered during restoration work in 1867. There is also a framed newspaper cutting; this concerns a photograph of an alleged ghost taken in the church in 1964.[2] Woodford House, an early 19th-century mansion, was the home of the Arbuthnot family and scene of the death of the diarist Harriet Arbuthnot in 1833. The property was purchased in 1880 by Charles Henry Plevins from Arthur Arbuthnot, son of General Charles Arbuthnot. The house was altered between 1899 and 1910 and had a new garden created in 1909.[3] The Arbuthnots owned iron ore quarries on the estate which were dug from circa 1851, an early date for what was later to become a large industry in Northamptonshire.[4] The Arbuthnot's quarry appears to have been shortlived but a sample of the ore was exhibited at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, in 1851. There was a further experiment in commercial quarrying from about 1860 and again in 1866. The early attempts suffered from a lack of transport facilities and the ore must have been taken away by horse and cart but in 1866 the Kettering to Thrapston railway opened and a connecting tramway was constructed from close to Woodford House to the railway at Twywell..The quarrying (and some adit mining) lasted from 1866 to 1886, starting near Woodford Lodge and extending north of the road later on.There were also quarries south west of Twywell Station on the north side of the road between 1881 and 1883. There was also a brickworks near there. The main tramway (standard gauge) had steam locomotives from the start but some of the quarries were connected to it by narrow gauge lines and these were worked by hand or by horse until 1883. There were some visible remains of the quarries and buildings at least until 1986.[5] These quarries were to the west of Woodford village.Another quarry to the north of the village operated from 1867 but was closed by 1892. This quarry was connected to a tipping dock on the railway east of Twywell Station by a horse operated 4 foot gauge tramway. No landscaping was undertaken until 1970 and there were still some traces of the quarry as at 1986[6] Heritage assetsThe following buildings and structures are listed by Historic England as of special architectural or historic interest.[7]
St Mary's Church was begun in the 12th century and has 13th,14th and 19th century features.The tower was complete by 1400.[8] The Manor House,although a 16th century house has buttresses and a doorway of the 13th or early 14th century. The Round House is dated 1815 and commemorates the Battle of Waterloo Woodford House was enlarged between 1813 and 1826 and in 1902. [9] Demography
Notes1. ^Office for National Statistics: Woodford CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 15 July 2015 2. ^Codd, Daniel. Mysterious Northamptonshire. Breedon Books (2009). p.131-132. {{ISBN|9781859836811}} 3. ^NCC, Record Office 4. ^The History of Ironstone Mining around Burton Latimer 5. ^{{Cite book|title=The ironstone Quarries of the Midlands Part V the Kettering Railway|last=Tonks|first=Eric|publisher=Runpast|year=1991|isbn=I-870754-05-0|location=Cheltenham|pages=79-85}} 6. ^Tonks,Eric Pages 86-90 7. ^National Heritage List for England (Historic England) 8. ^{{Cite book|title=Northamptonshire|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|publisher=Penguin|year=1973|isbn=0 14 0710 22 1|editor-last=Cherry|editor-first=Bridget|edition=Second 1973 with additions 1985|series=Buildings of England|location=Harmondsworth|pages=465-6}} 9. ^Pevsner :Buildings of England page 467 10. ^1 2 {{cite book|author1=William Whellan & Co.|title=History, Gazetteer and Directory Northamptonshire|date=1849|publisher=Whittaker & Co.|pages=885}} 11. ^Office for National Statistics References
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