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'''Woodford''' is a large village and [[civil parish]] located in [[North Northamptonshire]], England. At the time of the [[United Kingdom Census 2011|2011 census]], the parish's population (including [[Woodwell]]) was 1,461 people.<ref>[http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11130890&c=woodford&d=16&e=62&g=6451329&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1436969869442&enc=1 Office for National Statistics: Woodford CP: Parish headcounts]. Retrieved 15 July 2015</ref>
 
The village has one public house, The Dukes Arms, located on the village green <ref>{{cite web | url=https://whatpub.com/pubs/NTH/206/dukes-woodford | title=Dukes, Woodford }}</ref>
The village's name means 'wooden ford'.<ref>http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Woodford</ref>▼
 
== Naming ==
▲The village's name means 'woodenwooded ford'.,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Woodford |title = Key to English Place-names}}</ref> referring to woodland near a shallow [[Ford_(crossing)|fording]] place on the [[River Nene]].
 
== Geography ==
It is in two distinct parts, the easterly, lower, part being alongside the [[River Nene]] and the westerly, upper, part is on the through road out of the [[River Nene|Nene valley]]. Its parish church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and has the nickname "the Cathedral of the Nene".
 
=== Church ===
Inside the church can be found a couple of curiosities. Within a niche cut into a pillar, there is a mummified human heart wrapped in coarse cloth. This was discovered during restoration work in 1867. There is also a framed newspaper cutting; this concerns a photograph of an alleged [[ghost]] taken in the church in 1964.<ref>Codd, Daniel. ''Mysterious Northamptonshire''. Breedon Books (2009). p.131-132. {{ISBN|9781859836811}}</ref>
Inside the church can be found a number of curiosities. Within a niche cut into a pillar, there is a mummified human heart wrapped in coarse cloth. This was discovered during restoration work in 1867. A framed newspaper cutting depicts a photograph of an alleged [[ghost]] taken in the church in 1964.<ref>Codd, Daniel. ''Mysterious Northamptonshire''. Breedon Books (2009). p.131-132. {{ISBN|9781859836811}}</ref> A further display shows reproductions of photographs and newspapers from a time capsule concealed in the roof by the Reverend Smythe during the 1867 repair works, and rediscovered during further repairs in 1995. An unusual carving (particularly for places of Christian worship) can be found at the top of one of the pillars to the rear of the [[nave]], depicting a [[Green Man]], with vines growing out of the mouth. Finally, the combination of rounded and pointed arches in the nave indicate different periods of reconstruction in the [[Norman_Architecture|Norman]] and [[Gothic_architecture|Gothic]] styles respectively.
 
=== Woodford House ===
Woodford House, an early 19th-century mansion, was the home of the [[Charles Arbuthnot|Arbuthnot family]] and scene of the death of the diarist [[Harriet Arbuthnot]] in 1833. The property was purchased in 1880 by Charles Henry Plevins from Arthur Arbuthnot, son of General [[Charles George James Arbuthnot|Charles Arbuthnot]]. The house was altered between 1899 and 1910 and had a new garden created in 1909.<ref>NCC, Record Office</ref>
 
=== Quarries ===
Woodford House, an early 19th-century mansion, was the home of the [[Charles Arbuthnot|Arbuthnot family]] and scene of the death of the diarist [[Harriet Arbuthnot]] in 1833. The property was purchased in 1880 by Charles Henry Plevins from Arthur Arbuthnot, son of General [[Charles George James Arbuthnot|Charles Arbuthnot]]. The house was altered between 1899 and 1910 and had a new garden created in 1909.<ref>NCC, Record Office</ref> The Arbuthnots owned [[iron ore]] [[quarry|quarries]] on the estate which were dug from circa 1851, an early date for what was later to become a large industry in Northamptonshire.<ref>The History of Ironstone Mining around Burton Latimer</ref> The Arbuthnot's quarry appears to have been short-lived but a sample of the ore was exhibited at the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, in 1851. There was a further experiment in commercial quarrying from about 1860 and again in 1866. The early attempts suffered from a lack of transport facilities and the ore must have been taken away by horse and cart but in 1866 the Kettering to Thrapston railway opened and a connecting tramway was constructed from close to Woodford House to the railway at Twywell.. The quarrying (and some adit mining) lasted from 1866 to 1886, starting near Woodford Lodge and extending north of the road later on. There were also quarries south west of Twywell Station on the north side of the road between 1881 and 1883. There was also a brickworks near there. The main tramway (standard gauge) had steam locomotives from the start but some of the quarries were connected to it by narrow gauge lines and these were worked by hand or by horse until 1883. There were some visible remains of the quarries and buildings at least until 1986.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The ironstone Quarries of the Midlands Part V the Kettering Railway|last=Tonks|first=Eric|publisher=Runpast|year=1991|isbn=1-870754-05-0|location=Cheltenham|pages=79–85}}</ref>
 
Part of the ground north of the road near Woodford Lodge was reworked between 1914 and 1926 when quarries in Twywell Parish were extended. The ground here was landscaped and returned to cultivation in 1965.<ref>Tonks, Eric work cited pages 124 and 125</ref>
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==Demography==
 
*In 1801 there were 491 personsinhabitants<ref name="Whellan">{{cite book|author1=William Whellan & Co.|title=History, Gazetteer and Directory Northamptonshire|date=1849|publisher=Whittaker & Co.|pages=885}}</ref>
*In 1831 there were 639 personsinhabitants<ref name="Whellan"/>
*In 1841 there were 680 personsinhabitants<ref name="Whellan"/>
*In 2011 there were 1,461 personsinhabitants<ref name="ONS">Office for National Statistics</ref>
 
==Notes==
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[[Category:Villages in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:EastNorth Northamptonshire District]]
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