Lower Catesby
| Lower Catesby | |
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 St Mary & St Edmund parish church |
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 Lower Catesby
Lower Catesby shown within Northamptonshire
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| OS grid reference | SP5159 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Daventry |
| Postcode district | NN11 |
| Dialling code | 01327 |
| Police | Northamptonshire |
| Fire | Northamptonshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| EU Parliament | East Midlands |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | Catesby (Parish Meeting) |
Lower Catesby is a hamlet in the civil parish of Catesby, Northamptonshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Daventry. Lower Catesby is beside the nascent River Leam, which rises about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south in the parish of Hellidon. The Jurassic Way long-distance footpath passes through Lower Catesby. The population of the hamlet is included in the civil parish of Hellidon.
Roman coins of the Empress Faustina I (early 2nd century) and Emperor Maximian (late 3rd century) are said to have been found in Catesby Park near Lower Catesby before 1720.
The Domesday Book of 1086 records a manor of four hides at Catesby, and that one Sasfrid held it of William Peveral. The same four hides held of William Peverel (sic) is recorded again in the 12th century. In about 1175 it was held by Sasfrid's grandson Robert de Esseby (i.e. "Ashby", referring to Robert's caput at Canons Ashby).
Robert de Esseby founded a priory of Cistercian nuns at Lower Catesby in about 1175. In the 1230s Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, committed his sisters Margaret and Alice to be nuns at the priory. Edmund was canonized in 1247, Margaret was elected prioress in 1245 and she served until her death in 1257. In 1267 William Maudit, 8th Earl of Warwick died and his heart was buried at Catesby Priory.
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