Chacombe
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.jpg) SS Peter & Paul parish church |
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 Chacombe
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| Chacombe shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 659 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP4943 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Banbury |
| Postcode district | OX17 |
| Dialling code | 01295 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Chacombe Parish Council |
Chacombe is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, about 3 miles (5 km) north-east of Banbury in neighbouring Oxfordshire. It has sometimes been spelt Chalcombe. The parish is bounded to the west by the River Cherwell, to the north by a tributary of the Cherwell and to the south-east by the main road between Banbury and Syresham. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 659.
In the reign of Edward the Confessor in the middle of the 11th century, one Bardi held the manor of Chacombe "freely" (i.e. without a feudal overlord). However, the Domesday Book of 1086 records that after the Norman Conquest of England one Godfrey held the manor of "Cewecumbe" of Remigius de Fécamp, Bishop of Lincoln. The manor had four hides of arable land, nine acres of meadow and three watermills. In the 12th century the manor was still assessed as four hides and was still held of the Bishop of Lincoln.
The manor house has been demolished. It was on the north-west side of the village, just east of the parish church in what is now Berry Field.
Hugh of Chacombe, lord of the manor of Chacombe, founded the Augustinian Chacombe Priory in the reign of Henry II (1154–89). It was just west of the present village.
In 1536 the priory was suppressed in the Dissolution of the Monasteries and surrendered all its properties to the Crown. Today the only visible remains of the priory are a small chapel apparently built in the 13th century and a set of mediaeval fishponds. However, at least three medieval stone coffin slabs, including one from the 13th century, have been found in the priory grounds.
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