Greatworth
| Greatworth | |
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 St Peter's parish church |
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 Greatworth
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| Greatworth shown within Northamptonshire | |
| Population | 890 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SP5542 |
| • London | 72 miles (116 km) |
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| Region | |
| 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 | Greatworth Parish Council |
Greatworth is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) north-west of Brackley, South Northamptonshire. The parish includes the hamlet of Halse. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 890.
The parish includes the deserted medieval village of Stuchbury, about 2 1⁄4 miles (3.6 km) northeast of Greatworth village. Halse, about 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) southeast of Greatworth village, is also the site of a deserted medieval village as well as a modern hamlet.
Greatworth Manor House burned down in 1793, and only its ornate gatepiers remain.
The Church of England parish church of Saint Peter was built in the 13th century. The chancel retains Early English features including a priests' door and two lancet windows in the south wall and a trio of stepped lancets in the east wall. The west tower was added in about 1300. The nave has 17th-century features including two north windows, two south windows and the south door, and the polygonal pulpit. The chancel arch was rebuilt in 1882 under the direction of the architect H. R. Gough. It is a Grade II* listed building.
The west tower has a ring of six bells. A member of the Newcombe family, who were associated with bell-foundries in Bedford, Buckingham and Leicester, cast the tenor bell in about 1599. The fifth bell was also cast in about 1599 but the identity of the founder is unknown. Robert Taylor, who had foundries at Loughborough and Oxford, cast the fourth bell in 1825. The Whitechapel Bell Foundry cast the treble, second and third bells in 2004.
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