Horton, Buckinghamshire
Encyclopedia
Horton is a hamlet
in the parish
of Ivinghoe
, in Buckinghamshire
, England
.
The name Horton is a common one in England, meaning "dirty or muddy farm".
Although in the parish of Ivinghoe, the hamlet is nearer to Cheddington
with its shops and churches, so that is the main village to which most residents of Horton feel most attached.
The hamlet of Horton was held after the Norman Conquest by the de Brocas family. The hamlet is very small, but a few new modern houses have been built over the last twenty years, most notably Brocas Way and The Grange. The latter was built in the 1970s as a dower house
for Horton Hall.
Horton Hall is a large moated farmhouse with 18th-century origins. It is probably on the site of the original manor or hall. Today it is the home of a charity fund-raiser, and former champion amateur jockey, who breeds horses on the adjoining farm.
Two 16th-century half-timbered cottages remain in the village. One, still known as King's Head Cottage, was formerly an inn
. The other, which is older, is a renovated Tudor hall on the outskirts of the hamlet.
Hamlet (place)
A hamlet is usually a rural settlement which is too small to be considered a village, though sometimes the word is used for a different sort of community. Historically, when a hamlet became large enough to justify building a church, it was then classified as a village...
in the parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
of Ivinghoe
Ivinghoe
Ivinghoe is a village and civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England, close to the border with Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. It is four miles north of Tring and six miles south of Leighton Buzzard, close to the village of Pitstone.The village name is Anglo-Saxon in...
, in Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury, the largest town in the ceremonial county is Milton Keynes and largest town in the non-metropolitan county is High Wycombe....
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
The name Horton is a common one in England, meaning "dirty or muddy farm".
Although in the parish of Ivinghoe, the hamlet is nearer to Cheddington
Cheddington
Cheddington is a village and civil parish in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The parish has an area of . The village is about 5 miles north-east of Aylesbury and three miles north of Tring in Hertfordshire...
with its shops and churches, so that is the main village to which most residents of Horton feel most attached.
The hamlet of Horton was held after the Norman Conquest by the de Brocas family. The hamlet is very small, but a few new modern houses have been built over the last twenty years, most notably Brocas Way and The Grange. The latter was built in the 1970s as a dower house
Dower house
On an estate, a dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the estate-owner. The widow, often known as the "dowager" usually moves into the dower house from the larger family house on the death of her husband if the heir is married, and upon his marriage if he...
for Horton Hall.
Horton Hall is a large moated farmhouse with 18th-century origins. It is probably on the site of the original manor or hall. Today it is the home of a charity fund-raiser, and former champion amateur jockey, who breeds horses on the adjoining farm.
Two 16th-century half-timbered cottages remain in the village. One, still known as King's Head Cottage, was formerly an inn
INN
InterNetNews is a Usenet news server package, originally released by Rich Salz in 1991, and presented at the Summer 1992 USENIX conference in San Antonio, Texas...
. The other, which is older, is a renovated Tudor hall on the outskirts of the hamlet.