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Sulgrave Manor

Sulgrave
Sulgrave St James the Less exterior.jpg
St James the Less parish church
Sulgrave is located in Northamptonshire
Sulgrave
Sulgrave
Sulgrave shown within Northamptonshire
Area 8.3 km2 (3.2 sq mi)
Population 380 (2011 Census)
• Density 49.4/km2 (128/sq mi)
OS grid reference SP557453
• London 73 mi (117 km)
Civil parish
  • Sulgrave
District
Shire county
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 Sulgrave Village Website
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°06′11″N 1°11′02″W / 52.103°N 1.184°W / 52.103; -1.184Coordinates: 52°06′11″N 1°11′02″W / 52.103°N 1.184°W / 52.103; -1.184

Sulgrave is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) north of Brackley. The village is just south of a stream that rises in the parish and flows east to join the River Tove, a tributary of the Great Ouse.

Just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village is Barrow Hill, a bowl barrow beside Banbury Lane between Culworth and Weston. The barrow is oval, about 130 feet (40 m) long, 80 feet (24 m) wide and up to 6 12 feet (2 m) high. It is Bronze Age and may date from between 2400 and 1500 BC. It may have been surrounded by a ditch, but this can no longer be traced. The mound may have been re-used in the Middle Ages as the base for a windmill. The barrow is largely intact, although it has been partly disturbed by badgers. It is a scheduled monument.

Castle Hill, at the west end of the village southwest of the church, is the earthwork remains of a Saxon and Norman ringwork castle. The northern part of the ringwork was excavated in 1960 and 1976.

Evidence was found suggesting that the first construction on the site was a timber-framed hall about 80 feet (24 m) long and a detached stone and timber building, probably built in the late 10th century. They seem to have been an Anglo-Saxon manor house and separate kitchen. This was followed by the building of the earthen rampart, which is now rounded but may originally have been a straight-sided pentagon.


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