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Settlement Enclosure
 Researched by Dr Thomas C. Welsh
Brixworth Ringwork Researched by Dr Thomas C. Welsh
Wolfage Manor Researched by Dr Thomas C. Welsh
Notes on Wolfage Manor, Brixworth Researched by Heather Parr
The Murder of William Wood Esq. Researched by John Dawkins
The Saga of the Silver Street Pump How the pump was retained but not maintained!
Brixworth Workhouse A history of the infamous Brixworth Workhouse in use from 1837-1935
Eliza Ann Dickins Martin Guy’s research into his forebears including Eliza Ann born in Brixworth in 1852.

Brixworth Ringwork

RINGWORK, HALL BARNS, BRIXWORTH SP 744707 There appear to be remains of a ringwork in a field on the south-west side of Brixworth village, in the locality formerly called ‘Hall Barns’. The ringwork, at about 115 metres O.D., has been greatly reduced by ploughing, and now consists of a low spread bank about 20 metres broad. The enclosed space …

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Brixworth Union Workhouse 1837

Extracted  from Brixworth – a Village Appraisal © 1994 Brixworth Village Appraisal Committee In the years before the Workhouse was built the poor of the parish were cared for mainly by the Church. Benefactors left legacies for the Church to administer to the poor along with the common and widespread practice of alms giving. Eventually the Manorial Court in Brixworth became …

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Notes on Wolfage Manor

Parochial History of Brixworth by Rev. A.K.Pavey, Vicar of Brixworth In medieval times the lordship was divided into 3 manors. In the time of King Henry VIII (1509 – 1547) Wolfage appeared as separate site and was entered in the parish registers as Wolfage Park. A map dated 1555 containing topographical notes of the area …

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Settlement Enclosure

SETTLEMENT ENCLOSURE. Brixworth. Northants SP 741708. There appear to be remains of an oval settlement formed by double banks with an outer ditch on exposed aspects and at least one bank at the head of a steep slope. The enclosure is oval approximately 130 metres east to west by 80 metres internally, on a site sloping …

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The Murder of William Wood Esq

MURDER OF WILLIAM WOOD ESQ. in BRIXWORTH HALL on THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER 1854 A transcript of a report in The Northampton Mercury on 7 October 1854 LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE IN BRIXWORTH On Thursday afternoon a most lamentable occurrence took place at Brixworth Hall, the residence of Vere Isham, Esq. Mr Isham had set out for London to …

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The Saga of the Silver Street Pump

Extracts from The Parish Council Minute Books Tuesday March 31 1959. It was Resolved that the Mid Northamptonshire Water Board be asked not to close the Pump in Silver Street owing to residents still using it and that the Board be asked to give a month’s notice of their intention to close any other wells …

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Wolfage Manor

WOLFAGE MANOR, BRIXWORTH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. SP 737705 The following notes and attached sketchplans refer to the site of the Manor of Wolfage (RCAHM Northants Vol III Brixworth 39), and its environs. They were produced as a result of obtaining access to have a look at the site of the manor on 29th March 2005, which resulted in …

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