Boddington, Northamptonshire
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Boddington is a civil parish in South Northamptonshire
, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Banbury
off the A361 road
.
The parish includes the villages of Upper Boddington
and Lower Boddington
. Upper Boddington is the larger of the two, on a hill close to the boundary between Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire
and Warwickshire
, with Lower Boddington on the southern slope of the hill. Nearby Boddington Reservoir is used for sailing and recreational fishing
.
it had a population of 700, 240 male, 252 female in 196 households (2010 estimate 722, 280 in Lower Boddington and 442 in upper Boddington).
it is given as Botendon. A survey of Northamptonshire from the 12th century gives the name as Bottelendon, while The Calendar of Close Rolls from 1244 states the name as Budinton. Documents from 1358, 1396 and 1428 give the names as Botyngdon, Botyndoun and Botyngdon respectively. Some 19th century maps name the parish Bodington, with only one "d". Ideas concerning the origin of the name vary greatly; the Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names says that it is derived from "The hill of a man called Bota".
The two villages of Upper and Lower Boddington may have been separate in their early history, but were officially merged into a single parish by an Act of Parliament
in 1758. The population of the village can be traced back through the national censuses
as far back as 1801. In the 19th century, the population appears to have fluctuated considerably, rising from 476 in 1801 to 926 in 1851, then declining to 487 by 1901. The 2001 census
gives the population of the parish as 700.
In 1870, following the passing of the first Education Act
, the Rev. Edward Sale began an effort to build a local school. Boddington C of E Primary school was built on church land at a cost of £718. The school remains in use today, with recent extension work providing it with modern sports and information technology
facilities.
the parish hosted Belgian refugees. During World War II
, on 25 November 1944, a Vickers Wellington
bomber crashed into the Manor House, killing three people in the house and the seven crew of the plane, and severely damaging the upper storey of the building. The house has only recently been re-roofed.
The parish contains many old, listed buildings. Opinions vary as to which house is the oldest in the village. Some of the more recent books on the village claim that Cherry Tree House is the oldest, though, architecturally, the house appears to be approximately the same age as Stoneleigh Farm, situated opposite it, and the Plough Inn.
of Saint John the Baptist
in Upper Boddington includes two tomb recesses dating from about 1300. The chancel
windows and the south window of the south transept
are Decorated Gothic. The west tower is Perpendicular Gothic and the south porch was added in 1629.
North of St. John's is the Old Rectory, which was built in 1680 and had a third storey added in the 19th century. It is an ironstone
building of five bays
.
Upper Boddington has also a Methodist
chapel that was built in 1865.
and a primary school described as "good, with outstanding features." The Village Garage, specialising in classic car
s, opened in 2007. A photographic studio and a web design company are also in the garage building.
Boddington Reservoir is used for local and competition fishing
and is also the base of Banbury Sailing Club. Local activities range from darts
and skittles
leagues at the Plough Inn, badminton
matches and annual quizzes at the Village Hall, a 6-a-side football team playing in Napton
and a classic car get-together every first Sunday of the month at the Village Garage.
South Northamptonshire
South Northamptonshire is a local government district in Northamptonshire, England. Its council is based in Towcester.The district is rural and sparsely populated with just over 79,293 people in 2000 and 91,000 in 2008, a 14.8% increase. The largest town in the district is Brackley, which has a...
, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Banbury
Banbury
Banbury is a market town and civil parish on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is northwest of London, southeast of Birmingham, south of Coventry and north northwest of the county town of Oxford...
off the A361 road
A361 road
The A361 is a major road in England and at is the longest 3 digit A road in the UK. It runs south from Ilfracombe on the north Devon coast to Barnstaple, turning south-east to Tiverton then, after a break , north east from Taunton in Somerset through Street and Glastonbury, past Frome and then...
.
The parish includes the villages of Upper Boddington
Upper Boddington
Upper Boddington is a village situated in the South Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It is in the parish of Boddington along with the smaller village of Lower Boddington....
and Lower Boddington
Lower Boddington
Lower Boddington is a village about southwest of Daventry in Northamptonshire. Lower Boddington is the smaller of the two villages in Boddington civil parish, most of whose facilities are located in Upper Boddington....
. Upper Boddington is the larger of the two, on a hill close to the boundary between Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
and Warwickshire
Warwickshire
Warwickshire is a landlocked non-metropolitan county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, although the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare...
, with Lower Boddington on the southern slope of the hill. Nearby Boddington Reservoir is used for sailing and recreational fishing
Recreational fishing
Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing, is fishing for pleasure or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is fishing for profit, or subsistence fishing, which is fishing for survival....
.
Demographics
According to the 2001 censusUnited Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
it had a population of 700, 240 male, 252 female in 196 households (2010 estimate 722, 280 in Lower Boddington and 442 in upper Boddington).
History
Boddington was almost certainly founded in Anglo-Saxon times. The spelling of Boddington has changed over the centuries. In the Domesday bookDomesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
it is given as Botendon. A survey of Northamptonshire from the 12th century gives the name as Bottelendon, while The Calendar of Close Rolls from 1244 states the name as Budinton. Documents from 1358, 1396 and 1428 give the names as Botyngdon, Botyndoun and Botyngdon respectively. Some 19th century maps name the parish Bodington, with only one "d". Ideas concerning the origin of the name vary greatly; the Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names says that it is derived from "The hill of a man called Bota".
The two villages of Upper and Lower Boddington may have been separate in their early history, but were officially merged into a single parish by an Act of Parliament
Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom
An Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom is a type of legislation called primary legislation. These Acts are passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom at Westminster, or by the Scottish Parliament at Edinburgh....
in 1758. The population of the village can be traced back through the national censuses
Census in the United Kingdom
Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 and in both Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in 1921; simultaneous censuses were taken in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, with...
as far back as 1801. In the 19th century, the population appears to have fluctuated considerably, rising from 476 in 1801 to 926 in 1851, then declining to 487 by 1901. The 2001 census
United Kingdom Census 2001
A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK Census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194....
gives the population of the parish as 700.
In 1870, following the passing of the first Education Act
Elementary Education Act 1870
The Elementary Education Act 1870, commonly known as Forster's Education Act, set the framework for schooling of all children between ages 5 and 12 in England and Wales...
, the Rev. Edward Sale began an effort to build a local school. Boddington C of E Primary school was built on church land at a cost of £718. The school remains in use today, with recent extension work providing it with modern sports and information technology
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
facilities.
Buildings
During World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
the parish hosted Belgian refugees. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, on 25 November 1944, a Vickers Wellington
Vickers Wellington
The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, long range medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey, by Vickers-Armstrongs' Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night bomber in the early years of the Second World War, before being displaced as a...
bomber crashed into the Manor House, killing three people in the house and the seven crew of the plane, and severely damaging the upper storey of the building. The house has only recently been re-roofed.
The parish contains many old, listed buildings. Opinions vary as to which house is the oldest in the village. Some of the more recent books on the village claim that Cherry Tree House is the oldest, though, architecturally, the house appears to be approximately the same age as Stoneleigh Farm, situated opposite it, and the Plough Inn.
Church and chapel
The Church of England parish churchChurch of England parish church
A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative region, known as a parish.-Parishes in England:...
of Saint John the Baptist
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...
in Upper Boddington includes two tomb recesses dating from about 1300. The chancel
Chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar in the sanctuary at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building...
windows and the south window of the south transept
Transept
For the periodical go to The Transept.A transept is a transverse section, of any building, which lies across the main body of the building. In Christian churches, a transept is an area set crosswise to the nave in a cruciform building in Romanesque and Gothic Christian church architecture...
are Decorated Gothic. The west tower is Perpendicular Gothic and the south porch was added in 1629.
North of St. John's is the Old Rectory, which was built in 1680 and had a third storey added in the 19th century. It is an ironstone
Ironstone
Ironstone is a sedimentary rock, either deposited directly as a ferruginous sediment or created by chemical repacement, that contains a substantial proportion of an iron compound from which iron either can be or once was smelted commercially. This term is customarily restricted to hard coarsely...
building of five bays
Bay (architecture)
A bay is a unit of form in architecture. This unit is defined as the zone between the outer edges of an engaged column, pilaster, or post; or within a window frame, doorframe, or vertical 'bas relief' wall form.-Defining elements:...
.
Upper Boddington has also a Methodist
Methodist Church of Great Britain
The Methodist Church of Great Britain is the largest Wesleyan Methodist body in the United Kingdom, with congregations across Great Britain . It is the United Kingdom's fourth largest Christian denomination, with around 300,000 members and 6,000 churches...
chapel that was built in 1865.
Amenities
The parish has a number of community facilities and businesses, mostly in Upper Boddington. The church, the Methodist Chapel, the Village Stores shop and Post Office, the Plough Inn, a new village hallVillage hall
In the United States, a village hall is the seat of government for villages. It functions much as a city hall does within cities.In the United Kingdom, a village hall is usually a building within a village which contains at least one large room, usually owned by and run for the benefit of the local...
and a primary school described as "good, with outstanding features." The Village Garage, specialising in classic car
Classic car
A classic car is an older car; the exact meaning is variable. The Classic Car Club of America maintains that a car must be between 20 and 40 years old to be a classic, while cars over 45 years fall into the Antique Class.- Classic Car Club of America :...
s, opened in 2007. A photographic studio and a web design company are also in the garage building.
Boddington Reservoir is used for local and competition fishing
Recreational fishing
Recreational fishing, also called sport fishing, is fishing for pleasure or competition. It can be contrasted with commercial fishing, which is fishing for profit, or subsistence fishing, which is fishing for survival....
and is also the base of Banbury Sailing Club. Local activities range from darts
Darts
Darts is a form of throwing game where darts are thrown at a circular target fixed to a wall. Though various boards and games have been used in the past, the term "darts" usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules...
and skittles
Skittles (sport)
Skittles is an old European lawn game, a variety of bowling, from which ten-pin bowling, duckpin bowling, and candlepin bowling in the United States, and five-pin bowling in Canada are descended. In the United Kingdom, the game remains a popular pub game in England and Wales, though it tends to be...
leagues at the Plough Inn, badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
matches and annual quizzes at the Village Hall, a 6-a-side football team playing in Napton
Napton-on-the-Hill
Napton-on-the-Hill, , is a village and civil parish east of Southam in Warwickshire, England.-Manor:...
and a classic car get-together every first Sunday of the month at the Village Garage.