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Horton (from the Old English meaning "muddy farmstead.") in the English county of Northamptonshire was originally an estate village, serving the now demolished Horton House. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
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Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants or Nhants) is a landlocked county in central England with a population of 629,676 (2001 census). ...
The village lies on the road between Newport Pagnell and Northampton in the southern part of the county. The current designation of this road as the B526 belies its former importance as the A50 the former stagecoach route connecting Leicester and London. The road was declassified when the M1 motorway was built: it was to service this traffic that what is today "The French Partridge" restaurant was built. Map sources for Newport Pagnell at grid reference SP873437 Newport Pagnell is a town in the traditional county of Buckinghamshire, England. ...
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The Church
According to Pevsner, the church has a 13th century western tower and a "Splendid curly weathervane". Much of the church was rebuilt between 1862-3 by the local architect EF Law. The church has various monuments: Nikolaus Pevsner (January 30, 1902 - August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ...
- A Brass relating to Roger Salisbury (1491) and his two wives.
- Lord & Lady Parr - Catherine Parr's uncle and aunt.
- A free standing tomb-chest
- Two recumbent effigies
- - Sir William Lane and his family and
- - Edward & Henrietta Montagu members of the family of the Earl of Halifax.
The church is currently redundant and in need of urgent repair. Brass is the term used for alloys of copper and zinc in a solid solution. ...
The dignified Catherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIIIs wives, was married more than any other queen, four times. ...
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Horton House estate
The earlier estate The original medieval village and house was demolished to make way for the rebuilding of the house in the 17th century - all that remains are a number of mounds in the fields to the south of the House remains.
The first house and estate were owned by William Lord Parr of Horton (this is the same family as Queen Catherine Parr came from. The dignified Catherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIIIs wives, was married more than any other queen, four times. ...
William's daughter Maud, married Sir Ralph Lane and they had three sons:
- Sir Robert
- Sir Parr and
- Sir William
The later son being the one commemorated in the church.
The last house The last house had originally belonged to a branch of the Montagus (who held the Earldom of Halifax for two generations). The Gunnings purchased the estate in 1782 and the family stayed at Horton until 1888 when the 5th Baronet sold it to Pickering Phipps of the brewing family. Later it was sold to George Winterbottom but it was demolished in 1936. The title of Earl of Halifax has been created several times in British history. ...
Although Horton House was demolished various of its out buildings remain, some of which are Grade II (G2) listed: Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ...
- The Green Bridge - G2
- The Ice house - G2
- The New Temple - G2. This has an Ionic portico with a pulvinated frieze - and is thought be early Georgian in date.
- The Menagerie (turned into a house by Gervase Jackson-Stops) - G2. This is a one storey building with corner pavilions and a raised central area. The surrounding windows are by Gibbs. The work has most recently been attributed to Thomas Wright who undertook work for Lord Halifax in the 1730s.
- The Arches - G2. These are made up of a tri-partite triumphal archway with Ionic pilasters.
- Two Victorian gate Lodges
- Red brick stable block
Near the Menagerie: Architects first real look at the Greek Ionic order: Julien David LeRoy, Les ruines plus beaux des monuments de la Grèce Paris, 1758 (Plate XX) The Ionic order forms one of the three orders or organizational systems of classical architecture, the other two canonic orders being the Doric and...
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- Is an old fish pond dating back several centuries.
- Is what is thought to be the remains of a Norman Motte-and-bailey can be found in the fields behind the Menagerie.
There are rumoured to be a series of tunnels emanating from the Menagerie towards the Ice House and elsewhere. A motte-and-bailey is a form of castle. ...
The village today What remains today is a dormitory village serving Northampton and Milton Keynes. There is a fine but redundant Norman church and the village also houses 'Horton Rounds' which is an unusual house by architect Arthur Marshman. Arthur Albert John Marshman (FRIBA,FRSA) Architect. ...
There are neither shops nor public houses but there is a Cricket Club - Horton House CC and the well known restaurant "The French Partridge". For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ...
Famous residents of the village The dignified Catherine Parr, the last of King Henry VIIIs wives, was married more than any other queen, four times. ...
Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax (April 16, 1661 - May 19, 1715) was Chancellor of the Exchequer, poet, statesman, and Earl of Halifax. ...
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Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a former English cricketer. ...
Cheese House, Horton, Northamptonshire A Cheese House is the nickname given to a type of modern house designed by United Kingdom architects Marshman Warren Taylor for mass middle class housing in England in the 1970s. ...
Roy Clarke (born January 28, 1930 in Goole, Yorkshire) is a British comedy writer, best known for creating Last of the Summer Wine starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, Kathy Staff and Dame Thora Hird amongst others (he also wrote the prequel First of the Summer Wine); and Keeping...
Arthur Albert John Marshman (FRIBA,FRSA) Architect. ...
Horton Rounds: The famous house on a circle The village is well known for the modern design of Horton Rounds, an unusual curved house on stilts incorporating the shapes of a comma and a full stop. The house was built as a family home by Arthur Marshman as a family home. It was built on the site of the old tennis courts for Horton House.
The house is mentioned by Pevsner in his "Buildings of Northamptonshire" and has an unusual cantilevered balcony and cedar roof shingles. The house has more recently been the home of Roy Clarke the writer of Last of the Summer Wine. Sir Nikolaus Pevsner CBE (January 30, 1902 – August 18, 1983) was a German-born British historian of art and, especially, architecture. ...
Roy Clarke (born January 28, 1930 in Goole, Yorkshire) is a British comedy writer, best known for creating Last of the Summer Wine starring Bill Owen, Peter Sallis, Brian Wilde, Kathy Staff and Dame Thora Hird amongst others (he also wrote the prequel First of the Summer Wine); and Keeping...
Last of the Summer Wine, written by Roy Clarke, is a British sitcom, which has run longer than any other comedy series in the world, now in its twenty-seventh series. ...
Of the house, Pevsner says:
- A striking house. The dominant features are the broad curving eaves of the shingled roofs and the taller circular service cores and chimney of local yellow stone. In plan the house is a comma, with a full stop linked by a bridge. The tail of the comma, open on the ground floor with bedrooms above, shelters a paved garden. The broad end has service rooms and entrances below and a circular living area above which has views in all directions.
Pictures from around the village | | Horton Rounds - designed as a family home by Arthur Marshman Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1774x1008, 395 KB)Horton Rounds, Horton, Northampton designed by Arthur Marshman . ...
Arthur Albert John Marshman (FRIBA,FRSA) Architect. ...
| A touching gravestone from Horton Churchyard Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x3456, 1410 KB) Summary The grave of an infant called Benjamin - Horton graveyard, Northamptonshire Picture by R Neil Marshman (c) - see metadata Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Cemetery Horton, Northamptonshire Metadata This file contains additional information...
| A Cheese house in the village - by Marshman Warren Taylor Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1564x1172, 400 KB)Marshman Warren Taylor designed Cheese House - Horton, Northamptonshire Photo taken by R Neil Marshman 15 Feb 2005 (c). ...
Cheese House, Horton, Northamptonshire A Cheese House is the nickname given to a type of modern house designed by United Kingdom architects Marshman Warren Taylor for mass middle class housing in England in the 1970s. ...
Marshman Warren Taylor was for a while the largest architectural practice in the United Kingdom. ...
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Surname of Horton Hereditary surnames became popular in England after the Norman conquest and most were derived from the place-names of their family estates, whether in France or England. One such recorded is that of Richard de Horton from Northamptonshire, in 1255.
References - Pevsner, Nikolaus, The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire, ISBN 0-300-09632-1
External links - Map sources for Horton, Northamptonshire
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