Fineshade

Fineshade
Earthworks at the site of Fineshade Abbey and Castle Hymel
Fineshade is located in Northamptonshire
Fineshade
Fineshade
Location within Northamptonshire
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Post townCORBY
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52°33′54″N 0°34′22″W / 52.5650°N 0.5729°W / 52.5650; -0.5729

Fineshade is a locality, former country estate and wooded landscape in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It forms the southern part of the civil parish of Duddington-with-Fineshade and lies within the former Rockingham Forest, between Stamford and Corby.

History

Fineshade was historically a chapelry, in 1858 Fineshade became a separate civil parish, on 1 April 1988 the parish was abolished and merged with Duddington to form "Duddington with Fineshade". At the 1971 census (one of the last before the abolition of the parish), Fineshade had a population of 46.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Roman settlement, Fineshade". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  2. ↑ "Castle Hymel". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Fineshade Wood Forest Plan". Forestry England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Duddington with Fineshade Neighbourhood Development Plan – Examiner's Report". North Northamptonshire Council. 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  5. ↑ "St Mary's Priory (Fineshade Abbey)". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  6. ↑ Johnston, Gill; Bellamy, Burl (2015). "From Hillfort to Mansion: Excavations at Fineshade Abbey". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 38: 177–194.
  7. ↑ "Fineshade Abbey, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Evaluation". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. 1998. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  8. ↑ Mudd, Andrew (2006). "Early to Middle Saxon Iron Smelting Furnaces at the Kitchen Garden, Fineshade Abbey, Northamptonshire". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 34: 81–96.
  9. ↑ "Late Saxon/Medieval iron working site, Fineshade". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  10. ↑ Historic England. "Fineshade motte and bailey castle and abbey (1009601)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  11. ↑ Serjeantson, R. M.; Ryland, W.; Adkins, W. R. D., eds. (1906). "Houses of Austin canons: The priory of Fineshade or Castle Hymel". A History of the County of Northampton. Vol. 2. pp. 133–135.
  12. ↑ Bellamy, Burl; Johnston, Gill (2015). "The Lands and Landscape of the Priory of Fineshade". Northamptonshire Archaeology. 38: 139–176.
  13. ↑ "Fineshade Abbey (16th century country house)". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  14. ↑ Historic England. "Fineshade Abbey Stables at SP 723 9770 (Grade II) (1192383)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  15. ↑ Historic England. "Top Lodge and attached barn granary, outbuildings and shelter sheds (Grade II) (1040114)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  16. ↑ "Top Lodge, Fineshade, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Record". Northamptonshire Historic Environment Record. 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  17. ↑ "The Smelters' Walk at Fineshade Wood". Forestry England. Retrieved 19 September 2026.
  18. ↑ "History of Fineshade, in North Northamptonshire and Northamptonshire". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  19. ↑ "Fineshade Parish (ExP/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  20. ↑ "Oundle and Thrapston Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
  21. ↑ "Population statistics Fineshade Parish (ExP/CP) through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 21 September 2026.

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