Cottesbrooke
| Cottesbrooke | |
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 The Grange |
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| Cottesbrooke shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 143 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP7073 |
| • London | 82 miles |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Northampton |
| Postcode district | NN6 |
| Dialling code | 01604 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
Cottesbrooke is a village and civil parish in the Daventry district of Northamptonshire in England. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 144 people, falling marginally to 143 at the 2011 census.
The village is around 1 mile north of Creaton village off the A5199 road which runs between Northampton and Leicester. Cottesbrooke can be reached by taking the road signposted to the east towards Cottesbrooke Hall in Creaton.
The estate with Cottesbrooke Hall, built 1702, was bought by the Langham baronets, a family of London turkey merchants, in 1637, previously belonging to the Saunders family. The estate was sold in 1911 to R. B. Brassey. In 1937 Cottesbrooke Hall was bought by its current owners, the MacDonald-Buchanan family, who in 1937-8 employed Lord Gerald Wellesley (later the 7th Duke of Wellington) to make alterations to the Hall, including changing the entrance front to the other side of the house.
A long, cruciform church of ca1300, although the north transept has been demolished. Much restoration has been carried out on the building, most recently in 1959-60 by Lord Mottistone of Seely & Paget. The large geometric windows cannot be relied upon and may have once been foliated. The south doorway and porch is in a good state, as is the West tower.
The tower has two-light Y-traced bell-openings supported by circular mullions, well preserved shafting on the interior windows with capitals, both carved and plain, and also a number of small exterior head-stops. It contains a ring of eight bells, comprising six bells cast by Henry Bagley II of Chacombe in 1702, with the heaviest bell (tenor) weighing 1,600 pounds (730 kg) and two lighter bells cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry in 1995.
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