Fineshade
| Fineshade | |
|---|---|
Earthworks at the site of Fineshade Abbey and Castle Hymel | |
Location within Northamptonshire | |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CORBY |
| Postcode district | NN17 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Fineshade is a locality, former country estate and wooded landscape in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It forms the southern part of the civil parish of Duddington-with-Fineshade and lies within the former Rockingham Forest, between Stamford and Corby.[1][2][3][4][5][2][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][10][14][15][16][17]
History
[edit]Fineshade was historically a chapelry,[18] in 1858 Fineshade became a separate civil parish,[19] on 1 April 1988 the parish was abolished and merged with Duddington to form "Duddington with Fineshade".[20] At the 1971 census (one of the last before the abolition of the parish), Fineshade had a population of 46.[21]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Roman settlement, Fineshade". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Castle Hymel". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Fineshade Wood Forest Plan". Forestry England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Duddington with Fineshade Neighbourhood Development Plan – Examiner's Report". North Northamptonshire Council. 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "St Mary's Priory (Fineshade Abbey)". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ Johnston, Gill; Bellamy, Burl (2015). "From Hillfort to Mansion: Excavations at Fineshade Abbey". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 38: 177–194.
- ↑ "Fineshade Abbey, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. 1998. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ Mudd, Andrew (2006). "Early to Middle Saxon Iron Smelting Furnaces at the Kitchen Garden, Fineshade Abbey, Northamptonshire". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 34: 81–96.
- ↑ "Late Saxon/Medieval iron working site, Fineshade". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- 1 2 Historic England. "Fineshade motte and bailey castle and abbey (1009601)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ Serjeantson, R. M.; Ryland, W.; Adkins, W. R. D., eds. (1906). "Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Fineshade or Castle Hymel". A History of the County of Northampton. Vol. 2. pp. 133–135.
- ↑ Bellamy, Burl; Johnston, Gill (2015). "The Lands and Landscape of the Priory of Fineshade". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 38: 139–176.
- ↑ "Fineshade Abbey (16th century country house)". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ Historic England. "Fineshade Abbey Stables at SP 723 9770 (Grade II) (1192383)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ Historic England. "Top Lodge and attached barn granary, outbuildings and shelter sheds (Grade II) (1040114)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "Top Lodge, Fineshade, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "The Smelters' Walk at Fineshade Wood". Forestry England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
- ↑ "History of Fineshade, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
- ↑ "Fineshade Parish (ExP/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
- ↑ "Oundle and Thrapston Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
- ↑ "Population statistics Fineshade Parish (ExP/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
Further reading
[edit]- Bellamy, Burl; Johnston, Gill (2015). "The Lands and Landscape of the Priory of Fineshade". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 38: 139–176.
- Johnston, Gill; Bellamy, Burl (2015). "From Hillfort to Mansion: Excavations at Fineshade Abbey". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 38: 177–194.
- Mudd, Andrew (2006). "Early to Middle Saxon Iron Smelting Furnaces at the Kitchen Garden, Fineshade Abbey, Northamptonshire". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 34: 81–96.
- Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (1984). An Inventory of Architectural Monuments in North Northamptonshire. HMSO. pp. 61–62.
- Serjeantson, R. M.; Ryland, W.; Adkins, W. R. D., eds. (1906). A History of the County of Northampton. Vol. 2. Victoria County History. pp. 133–135.