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Brief History of the Village from Kelly's Directory 1928
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| WYMINGTON (Wimington or Winnington) is a parish and small village, on the borders of Northamptonshire 3 miles south from Irchester station on the main line of the London, Midland and Scottish railway and 1½ miles south from Rushden station, on the branch line from Wellingborough of the same line, 13 north-west from Bedford, and 5 south-east from Wellingborough, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Willey, petty sessional division of Sharnbrnok, county court district and union of Wellingborough, rural deanery of Felmersham, archdeaconry of Bedford and diocese of St. Albans. The parish is supplied with water by the Higham Ferrers and Rushden Joint Water Board from their works at Sywell, Northants. The church of St. Lawrence is an elegant building of stone in the. Late Decorated style, rebuilt about 1377 by John Curteys, whose tomb is in the church, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch with parvise and a western embattled tower with clock and crocketed spire, containing 6 bells, one hung in 1873, and of the other five, three were cast by Henry Jordan about 1465, and the other two were probably by him, though having been recast this cannot be proved: the spire is singular and very beautiful, rising from eight arches with open Decorated tracery and pedimental canopies, and the angles are richly crocketed: at the east end of the church are two octagonal turrets, and the whole is embattled to a height of four feet: the chancel retains very rich canopied sedilia and a, piscina of similar character: over the high altar is a 15th century carved stone reredos, and in the north chancel wall is a double "squint:" in the vestry, anciently the chapel of St. John the Evangelist, is a piscina: some of the old pavement, consisting of squares of polished Purbeck marble, still remains: the church contains some fine brasses, one of which, to Sir Thomas Bromflete, who was cupbearer to King Richard II. is considered to be the finest brass in existence of a knight in plate armour; the head of the knight rests on a crested helm; on either side of the figure are shields of arms, and overhead a reversed inscription on brass in two columns with the date 1430: alongside, on a similar slab, is a much smaller brass of his wife Margaret (Seynt Jon) 1407, with an inscription on a brass fillet surrounding the slab, and inclosing four shields: in the lady chapel is a brass 22 inches long, to John Stokys, rector, who died about 1520, clad in eucharistic vestments, and holding the chalice in his hands: under the arch between the lady chapel and the chancel is a fine altar tomb, in good preservation, to the memory of John and Albreda Curteys, who entirely rebuilt the church: the ripper slab of Purbeck marble has perfect brass effigies of both, under a crocketed canopy, with a shield above; surrounding the whole is an inscribed brass fillet, with the date of the founder's death, 1391, and that of his wife in 1396: there is another altar slab in the north aisle, with inscription on brass, to William Bletsoe, dated 1609; and there are later memorials to Richard Newcome M.A. rector (1655-1698), Richard Newcome M.A. his son, rector (1698-1732), and the families of Scriven, Clark, Kent, Chapman and Kemshead. The church was partly restored in 1910, and was re-roofed in 1923, when further restorations were made; there are 100 sittings. The register dates from 1662. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £300 and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of St. Albans, and held since 1913 by the Rev. Charles Leonard Drew M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. There is a Wesleyan chapel. Pillow lace is made here to a small extent. Goosey's charity of £5 yearly, bequeathed in 1844, is for the poor of this parish and that of Poddington, to be distributed in money at Christmas: the Rev. Joseph Bentham's, of 10s. yearly, left in 1665, is given to the widows in money in May. Remains of ancient weapons have been found in this parish. William G. Goosey, who is lord of the manor, and William W. Smith are the principal landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil, sand, clay and limestone. The chief crops are wheat, barley and pacturage. The area is 1,760 acres; the population in 1921 was 516. |
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Services
Post Office. Letters through Rushden (Northants), which is the nearest M. O. & T. office, is 1¾miles distant.
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Kelly's Directory 1928
| Residents |
| Drew Rev. Charles Leonard MA (rector), Rectory |
| Goosey Miss, Fern Nook |
| Smith Charles, Maycroft |
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| Commercial |
| Marked thus ° farm 150 acres or over |
| °Abbott Frank, farmer, Manor farm |
| Cave, Eliz. (Mrs.), motor car proprietress |
| Desborough Thomas, New inn |
| Dickins Herbert, dairyman |
| Dickins John, beer retailer |
| Furness Kate E. (Mrs.), shopkeeper |
| Gray Horace Saml. Farmer, Top lodge |
| Mitchell Herbert, farmer |
| Parrish William (Mrs.), dressmaker |
| Smith Amelia (Mrs.), shopkeeper |
| °Smith William W, farmer T N Rushden 126 |
| Thornton Jack, farmer, Goosey lodge |
| Watts William, cycle repairer |
| West John, boot repairer |
| Windsor Herbert, bricklayer |
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