Nassington Explained

Official Name:Nassington
Static Image:Nene nassington.jpg
Static Image Width:240px
Static Image Caption:River Nene near Nassington
Coordinates:52.5559°N -0.4306°W
Population:827
Population Ref:(2011 Census)[1]
Os Grid Reference:TL0696
Civil Parish:Nassington
Unitary England:North Northamptonshire
Lieutenancy England:Northamptonshire
Region:East Midlands
Country:England
Post Town:PETERBOROUGH
Postcode Area:PE
Postcode District:PE8
Dial Code:01780
Constituency Westminster:Corby

Nassington is a village and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England. The village is on the River Nene[2] and the border with Cambridgeshire, around 8miles west of Peterborough. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 827,[1] an increase from 670 at the 2001 Census.[3]

The village's name means 'Promontory place farm/settlement'.[4]

The village has existed since at least Anglo-Saxon times, for an Anglo-Saxon hall was taken over by the Viking king, Cnut the Great, as one of his royal halls. Cnut is known to have visited after 1017, with his court including Aethelric the bishop of Dorchester on Thames. In 1107 Henry I gave the hall and land to the Bishop of Lincoln, Robert Bloet, to endow a prebend.

The village and manor were featured in episode 117, King Cnut's Manor of Time Team (aired 7 March 2004).

The manor is now a private home, but the Prebendal Manor and Tithe Barn Museum, and gardens, are open to the paying public on some days. The gardens only contain plants introduced prior to 1485.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Civil Parish population 2011 . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . 7 July 2016.
  2. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=506500&y=296500 Streetmap.co.uk: 1:1,25,000 Ordnance Survey mapping
  3. Web site: Nassington CP: Parish headcounts . Neighbourhood Statistics . Office for National Statistics . 6 December 2009.
  4. Web site: Nassington . Key to English Place-names . . 18 April 2021.