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{{Distinguish|text=the village of [[Woodford Halse]] and parish of [[Woodford cum Membris]]}}
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|country = England
|official_name= Woodford
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|population= 1,461
|population_ref= [[United Kingdom Census 2011|(2011 census)]]
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|region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Corby (UK Parliament constituency)|Corby]]
|post_town= Kettering
|postcode_district = NN14
|postcode_area= NN
|dial_code= 01832
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|static_image_name= St. Mary the Virgin Church at Woodford, Northamptonshire.jpg
|static_image_caption= Church of St. Mary the Virgin seen from the River Nene
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'''Woodford''' is a large village and [[civil parish]] located in [[
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>
== Naming ==
The village's name means 'wooded 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 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
=== Quarries ===
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>
These quarries were to the west of Woodford village. Another quarry to the north of the village operated from 1867 but was closed by 1892. This quarry was connected to a tipping dock on the railway east of Twywell Station by a horse operated 4 foot gauge tramway. No landscaping was undertaken until 1970 and there were still some traces of the quarry as at 1986<ref>Tonks,Eric Pages 86-90</ref>
▲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>
==Heritage assets==
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*Remains of Manor House and Garden (Scheduled) Unknown date {{coord|52.38249|N|0.57186|W}}
*Medieval settlement remains (Scheduled) 9th century {{coord|52.37899|N|0.57961|W}}
*Church of St Mary (Grade I) from 12th century onwards {{coord|52.38006|N|0.57729|W}}
*Glebe Farmhouse (Grade I) 13th century {{coord|52.38030|N|0.57743|W}}
*Wall with Finial south of Church of St Mary (Grade II) 14th century {{coord|52.37972|N|0.57723|W}}
*Dovecote south of Manor Farmhouse (Grade II) 17th century {{coord|52.38090|N|0.58130|W}}
*Manor House Farmhouse (Grade II*) 17th century {{coord|52.38090|N|0.58130|W}}
*Woodford Rise (Grade II) 17th century with additions of the early 19th century and 1930s {{coord|52.37971|N|0.57850|W}}
*50, 52 and 54 High Street (Grade II) 17th century {{coord|52.38279|N|0.58209|W}}
*84 High Street (Grade II) 17th century {{coord|52.38168|N|0.58104|W}}
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*Olde Ways (Grade II) 18th century {{coord|52.38135|N|0.57811|W}}
*Chest Tomb south of Church of St Mary (Grade II) 18th century {{coord|52.37988|N|0.57710|W}}
*The Rectory (Grade II) 19th century (1820) {{coord|52.37926|N|0.57834|W}}
*72 and 74 High Street (Grade II) 19th century {{coord|52.38221|N|0.58142|W}}
*The Round House and attached Barn (Grade II) 19th century {{coord|52.36407|N|0.62825|W}}
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*War Memorial at Church of St Mary (Grade II) 20th century {{coord|52.38003|N|0.57751|W}}
*War Memorial on The Green (Grade II) 20th century {{coord|52.38211|N|0.58100|W}}
St Mary's Church was begun in the 12th century and has 13th,14th and 19th century features. The tower was complete by 1400.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Northamptonshire|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|publisher=Penguin|year=1973|isbn=0-14-0710-22-1|editor-last=Cherry|editor-first=Bridget|edition=Second 1973 with additions 1985|series=Buildings of England|location=Harmondsworth|pages=465–6}}</ref>
The Manor House, although a 16th-century house has buttresses and a doorway of the 13th or early 14th century.
The Round House is dated 1815 and commemorates the Battle of Waterloo
Woodford House was enlarged between 1813 and 1826 and in 1902.<ref>Pevsner :Buildings of England page 467</ref>
==Demography==
*In 1801 there were 491 inhabitants<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 inhabitants<ref name="Whellan"/>
*In 1841 there were 680 inhabitants<ref name="Whellan"/>
*In 2011 there were 1,461 inhabitants<ref name="ONS">Office for National Statistics</ref>
==Notes==
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==References==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050319212333/http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/Community/record/familyP.htm Northamptonshire County Council, Record office] retrieved 9 May 2007.
*[http://www.burtonlatimer.info/industry/ironstone-mining.html The History of Ironstone Mining around Burton Latimer] retrieved 9 May 2007
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*[http://www.woodfordpc.co.uk/ Comprehensive village website]
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[[Category:Villages in Northamptonshire]]
[[Category:Civil parishes in Northamptonshire]]
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