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Abington Park
	Edwardian postcard of Abington Manor with the church of St Peter and St Paul on the right
	Northamptonshire
Established	1897
Location	Abington, Northampton
Coordinates	52°14′51″N 0°51′52″W / 52.24750°N 0.86444°W
Website	www.northampton.gov.uk/museums

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Abington Park, in the Abington district of Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, has lakes, aviaries, and a museum, as well as trees and grassy open spaces.

Origins

The park contains the ruins of the former village of Abington, the site of a medieval manor house with a mill attached, mentioned in the Domesday Book in 1086. The Abington gallows used for the five hangings in 1612 following the Northamptonshire witch trials, amongst the first in England to use trial by ducking stool, are believed to have been situated at the crossroads in Abington Park.^[2] The village was enclosed and depopulated when the manor was enlarged and parklands created by the Thursby family in the late 17th century.^[3]^[4]

Abington Park Manor House

The museum was originally a manor house built at the turn of the 16th century. The Great Hall, now called the Oak Room because of its oak panelling, dates back to 1500.^[5] It was once home to William Shakespeare's granddaughter, Elizabeth Bernard née Elizabeth Hall, who was buried in 1670 in the adjacent late 12th-century church of St Peter and St Paul. Her second marriage was to Sir John Bernard or Barnard, the MP for Huntingdon from 1660, who successively enlarged the house in the 1660s.^[6] It passed to the Thursby family in 1669 and was further enlarged and remodelled in the classical Georgian style between 1738 and 1743 by William Thursby. While owned by the Thursbys, the actor David Garrick planted a mulberry tree in the grounds in 1778, in recognition of his friendship with Anne Thursby. In 1821, during repairs to the church, all but the main tower of the church was blown down in a storm; the Thursbys rebuilt the main body of the church, which retains few of its original features.^[7]^[8]

In 1841 the manor was sold and its contents auctioned off.^[9] It was converted into a private lunatic asylum, called Abington Abbey Retreat,^[10] in 1845. The first director was Thomas Octavius Prichard, who was succeeded in 1847 by his cousin Thomas Prichard.^[9] The asylum was closed in 1892, when the Manor House and grounds were donated to Northampton Council.^[9] In 1994 the house was reopened as a museum after a complete restoration.^[9] The museum features displays about the social history of Northamptonshire (including a costume collection) and its military history (including artefacts from the Northamptonshire Regiment).^[9] The Museum of Leathercraft was also based in the house until 2016,^[11] when it moved to premises in the Grosvenor Shopping Centre in the centre of Northampton.^[12]

The Park

Abington Park has a bandstand which is suitable for hosting a selection of brass band, concert band, folk or jazz music. It was the venue for the annual 'Folk in the Park' festival until it moved to Delapré Park.^[13] The park also contains two lakes and a model boating lake, connected by a stream. The largest of the lakes was remodelled in the 1920s. There is also a play park, a cafe, tennis courts, outdoor table tennis, and a rose garden, as well as the church of St Peter and St Paul.^[14]

References

^ Abington is unique among the many green open spaces of Northampton in that the estate within which it stands was bequeathed to the people of the town by Lady Wantage in 1897
^ L'Estrange Ewen, C. (2003), Witchcraft and Demonism, Kessinger Publishing, p. 207, ISBN 0766128962
^ Salzman, L. F. (1937), A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, pp. 65–69 Parishes: Abington
^ "Pair's witch project". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Meirion-Jones, G.I.; Pilcher, J.R.; Guibal, F.; Heward, J.; Taylor, R. (1987), "The Dating by Dendrochronology of Three Northamptonshire Halls", Vernacular Architecture, 18: 34–40, doi:10.1179/vea.1987.18.1.34
^ Higgins, Sophia Elizabeth (1903), The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon; a family history, Vol. I, Longmans, Green and co
^ The history of Northampton and its vicinity: brought down to the present time, J. Birdsall, 1831
^ Parker, John Henry (1849), Architectural notices of the churches of the archdeaconry of Northampton: Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "History of Abington Park Manor House". Waymarking. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Hickman, Clare (2014). "Cheerfulness and tranquility: gardens in the Victorian asylum". The Lancet Psychiatry. 1 (7). Elsevier BV: 506–507. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(14)00098-4. ISSN 2215-0366.
^ "Museum of Leathercraft". Heritage Lottery Fund. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Museum of Leathercraft timeline". Museum of Leathercraft. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
^ "Tickled Pink heads up Folk In The Park". Northamptonshire Telegraph. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ "Abington Park". Northampton Borough Council. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

External links

[1] Abington is unique among the many green open spaces of Northampton in that the estate within which it stands was bequeathed to the people of the town by Lady Wantage in 1897

[2] L'Estrange Ewen, C. (2003), Witchcraft and Demonism, Kessinger Publishing, p. 207, ISBN 0766128962

[3] Salzman, L. F. (1937), A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4, pp. 65–69 Parishes: Abington

[4] "Pair's witch project". Northampton Chronicle and Echo. 31 October 2006. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[5] Meirion-Jones, G.I.; Pilcher, J.R.; Guibal, F.; Heward, J.; Taylor, R. (1987), "The Dating by Dendrochronology of Three Northamptonshire Halls", Vernacular Architecture, 18: 34–40, doi:10.1179/vea.1987.18.1.34

[6] Higgins, Sophia Elizabeth (1903), The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon; a family history, Vol. I, Longmans, Green and co

[7] The history of Northampton and its vicinity: brought down to the present time, J. Birdsall, 1831

[8] Parker, John Henry (1849), Architectural notices of the churches of the archdeaconry of Northampton: Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon

[way-9] "History of Abington Park Manor House". Waymarking. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[10] Hickman, Clare (2014). "Cheerfulness and tranquility: gardens in the Victorian asylum". The Lancet Psychiatry. 1 (7). Elsevier BV: 506–507. doi:10.1016/s2215-0366(14)00098-4. ISSN 2215-0366.

[11] "Museum of Leathercraft". Heritage Lottery Fund. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[12] "Museum of Leathercraft timeline". Museum of Leathercraft. Retrieved 21 August 2022.

[13] "Tickled Pink heads up Folk In The Park". Northamptonshire Telegraph. 11 August 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[14] "Abington Park". Northampton Borough Council. Retrieved 1 June 2019.

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+The park contains the ruins of the former village of [[Abington, Northamptonshire|Abington]], the site of a medieval [[manor house]] with a mill attached, mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] in 1086. The [[gallows|Abington gallows]] used for the five hangings in 1612 following the [[Northamptonshire witch trials]], amongst the first in England to use trial by [[ducking stool]], are believed to have been situated at the crossroads in Abington Park.<ref>{{citation|title=Witchcraft and Demonism|first=C. |last=L'Estrange Ewen|publisher=Kessinger Publishing|year=2003|isbn=0766128962|page=207}}</ref> The village was enclosed and depopulated when the manor was enlarged and parklands created by the Thursby family in the late 17th century.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66317|title=A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4|first=L. F.|last= Salzman|year=1937|pages=65–69}} Parishes: Abington</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northantset.co.uk/324/Pair39s-witch-project.1850649.jp |title=Pair's witch project |date=31 October 2006|publisher=Northampton Chronicle and Echo|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref>
-title=A History of the County of Northampton: Volume 4|first=L. F.|last= Salzman|year=1937|pages=65–69}} Parishes: Abington</ref>
-==Abington Park Museum==
+==Abington Park Manor House==
+[[File:Abington_Park_Museum.jpg|thumb|Abington Park Museum in May 2023]]
-[[File:Elizabeth Hall, granddaughter of William Shakespeare.jpg|thumb|Elizabeth Bernard, granddaughter of William Shakespeare, lived in the Manor House in the mid-seventeenth century]]
+The museum was originally a manor house built at the turn of the 16th century. The Great Hall, now called the Oak Room because of its oak panelling, dates back to 1500.<ref>{{citation|title=The Dating by Dendrochronology of Three Northamptonshire Halls|last1=Meirion-Jones|first1 =G.I.|last2= Pilcher|first2= J.R.|last3= Guibal|first3= F.|last4= Heward|first4= J.|last5= Taylor|first5= R.|journal=Vernacular Architecture|volume= 18|year= 1987 |pages= 34–40|doi=10.1179/vea.1987.18.1.34}}</ref> It was once home to [[William Shakespeare]]'s granddaughter, [[Elizabeth Barnard|Elizabeth Bernard]] née Elizabeth Hall, who was buried in 1670 in the adjacent late 12th-century church of St Peter and St Paul. Her second marriage was to [[Sir John Bernard, 2nd Baronet|Sir John Bernard]] or Barnard, the  [[Huntingdon (UK Parliament constituency)|MP for Huntingdon]] from 1660, who successively enlarged the house in the 1660s.<ref>{{citation|url=https://archive.org/details/bernardsofabingt01higg|last=Higgins|first=Sophia Elizabeth|title=The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon; a family history, Vol. I|publisher=Longmans, Green and co|year=1903}}</ref> It passed to the Thursby family in 1669 and was further enlarged and remodelled in the classical Georgian style between 1738 and 1743 by William Thursby. While owned by the Thursbys, the actor [[David Garrick]] planted a [[mulberry tree]] in the grounds in 1778, in recognition of his friendship with Anne Thursby. In 1821, during repairs to the church, all but the main tower of the church was blown down in a storm; the Thursbys rebuilt the main body of the church, which retains few of its original features.<ref>{{citation|title=The history of Northampton and its vicinity: brought down to the present time|publisher=J. Birdsall|year= 1831|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xvQVAAAAYAAJ&dq=abington+ss+peter+and+paul+northants&pg=PA54}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Architectural notices of the churches of the archdeaconry of Northampton: Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon|first=John Henry |last=Parker|year= 1849|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PI8ZAAAAYAAJ&dq=abington+ss+peter+and+paul+northants&pg=PA257}}</ref>
-Land for the park was given to the town by Lady Wantage in 1892 and the park was opened to the public in 1897.  Two years later, in 1899, '''Abington Park Museum''' was opened in the centre of the park.
+In 1841 the manor was sold and its contents auctioned off.<ref name=way>{{cite web|url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3VG1_Abington_Park_Manor_House_Northampton |title=History of Abington Park Manor House|publisher=Waymarking|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref> It was converted into a private [[lunatic asylum]], called Abington Abbey Retreat,<ref>{{cite journal | last=Hickman | first=Clare |title=Cheerfulness and tranquility: gardens in the Victorian asylum | journal=The Lancet Psychiatry | publisher=Elsevier BV | volume=1 | issue=7 | year=2014 | issn=2215-0366 | doi=10.1016/s2215-0366(14)00098-4 | pages=506–507| doi-access=free }}</ref> in 1845. The first director was [[Thomas Octavius Prichard]], who was succeeded in 1847 by his cousin Thomas Prichard.<ref name=way/> The asylum was closed in 1892, when the Manor House and grounds were donated to Northampton Council.<ref name=way/> In 1994 the house was reopened as a museum after a complete restoration.<ref name=way/> The museum features displays about the social history of Northamptonshire (including a [[costume]] collection) and its military history (including artefacts from the [[Northamptonshire Regiment]]).<ref name=way/> The Museum of Leathercraft was also based in the house until 2016,<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.museumofleathercraft.org/heritage-lottery/|title= Museum of Leathercraft|publisher= Heritage Lottery Fund|accessdate= 4 June 2018|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150627132824/http://www.museumofleathercraft.org/heritage-lottery|archive-date= 27 June 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref> when it moved to premises in the Grosvenor Shopping Centre in the centre of Northampton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://museumofleathercraft.org/about/museum-of-leathercraft/|title= Museum of Leathercraft timeline|publisher= Museum of Leathercraft|accessdate= 21 August 2022}}</ref>
-The museum was originally a manor house built at the turn of the 16th century. The Great Hall, now called the Oak Room because of its oak panelling, dates back to 1500. It was once home to [[William Shakespeare]]'s granddaughter, [[Elizabeth Barnard|Elizabeth Bernard]] née Elizabeth Hall, who was buried in 1670 in the adjacent late 12th-century church of St Peter and St Paul. Her second marriage was to Sir John Bernard or Barnard, the MP for [[Huntingdon]] from 1660, who successively enlarged the house in the 1660s. It passed to the Thursby family in 1669 and was further enlarged and remodelled in the classical Georgian style between 1738 and 1743 by William Thursby. While owned by the Thursbys, the actor [[David Garrick]] planted a [[mulberry tree]] in the grounds in 1778, in recognition of his friendship with Anne Thursby. In 1821, during repairs to the church, all but the main tower of the church was blown down in a storm; the Thursbys rebuilt the main body of the church, which retains few of its original features.<ref>{{citation|title=The history of Northampton and its vicinity: brought down to the present time|publisher=J. Birdsall|year= 1831|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=xvQVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA54&dq=abington+ss+peter+and+paul+northants&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=3&ei=zJuoS6fjDqGEzQT17c3bCA&cd=17#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=Architectural notices of the churches of the archdeaconry of Northampton: Deaneries of Higham Ferrers and Haddon|first=John Henry |last=Parker|year= 1849|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=PI8ZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA257&dq=abington+ss+peter+and+paul+northants&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=3&ei=7J6oS9XrN4PUzQTNoNmBCQ&cd=14#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref> In 1841 the manor was sold and its contents auctioned off. It was converted into a [[lunatic asylum]] in 1845, directed first by [[Thomas Octavius Prichard]] and later his cousin Thomas Prichard. The asylum was closed in 1892, when the Manor House and grounds were donated by Lady Wantage to Northampton. Successively more and more parts of the house became open to the public. In 1994 the house was reopened as a museum after a complete restoration.
+==The Park==
-Today the museum features displays about the social and military history of Northampton and Northamptonshire.  Exhibits include the [[Northamptonshire Regiment]], local history, and changing exhibits of clothing from its [[costume]] collection.
-The museum also features displays of [[leather]] objects and artifacts from around the world from the collections of the Museum of Leathercraft, a separate organisation.
-==Park features==
 [[File:Abington-Park.jpg|thumb|Abington Park]]
+Abington Park has a bandstand which is suitable for hosting a selection of [[brass band]], [[concert band]], [[Folk music|folk]] or [[jazz]] music. It was the venue for the annual 'Folk in the Park' festival until it moved to [[Delapré Abbey|Delapré Park]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northantstelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/music/tickled-pink-heads-up-folk-in-the-park-1-4153784|title=Tickled Pink heads up Folk In The Park|date=11 August 2012|publisher=Northamptonshire Telegraph|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref> The park also contains two lakes and a model boating lake, connected by a stream. The largest of the lakes was remodelled in the 1920s. There is also a play park, a cafe, tennis courts, outdoor table tennis, and a rose garden, as well as the church of St Peter and St Paul.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northampton.gov.uk/abingtonpark|title=Abington Park|publisher=Northampton Borough Council|accessdate=1 June 2019}}</ref>
-Abington Park is home to the annual Green Festival, Kite Festival and occasional fairs.  It used to be the venue for the annual 'Folk in the Park' festival until it moved to [[Delapré Abbey|Delapré Park]].
+==References==
-There is usually a selection of [[brass band]], [[concert band]], [[Folk music|folk]] or [[jazz]] music to be heard on the bandstand on Sunday afternoons throughout the summer, provided by local groups.
-The Park also hosts a small tearoom called The Park Café (formerly known as 'The Old Oak'), which has been under ownership of Tony Ansell since 1981.
-The remains of the old village, including two old gate posts, can still be seen within the grounds.
-==Notes==
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-==References==
-* [http://www.northantset.co.uk/324/Pair39s-witch-project.1850649.jp]
-*[http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3VG1_Abington_Park_Manor_House_Northampton History of Abington Park Manor House]
-*{{citation|url=http://www.archive.org/details/bernardsofabingt01higg|last=Higgins|first=Sophia Elizabeth|title=The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon; a family history, Vol. I|publisher=Longmans, Green and co|year=1903}}
-*{{citation|url=http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/vea/1987/00000018/00000001/art00004|title=The Dating by Dendrochronology of Three Northamptonshire Halls|last1=Meirion-Jones|first1 =G.I.|last2= Pilcher|first2= J.R.|last3= Guibal|first3= F.|last4= Heward|first4= J.|last5= Taylor|first5= R.|journal=Vernacular Architecture|volume= 18|year= 1987 |pages= 34–40}}
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.northampton.gov.uk/museums Abington Park Museum] - official site
+*[http://www.northampton.gov.uk/museums Abington Park Museum]
 *[http://www.museumofleathercraft.org/ Museum of Leathercraft]
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-[[Category:Visitor attractions in Northampton]]
+[[Category:Tourist attractions in Northampton]]
 [[Category:Regimental museums in England]]
 [[Category:Fashion museums in the United Kingdom]]