Plumpton, Northamptonshire

Plumpton is a place in Northamptonshire, England, in the civil parish of Weston and Weedon.[1] It is within the ecclesiastical parish of "St Mary & St Peter Lois Weedon with Weston and Plumpton".[2]

St John the Baptist church, Plumpton
Plumpton manor house

The church of St John is grade II listed[3] and is now cared for by a charity, the St. John the Baptist, Plumpton, Heritage Trust.[4] The Manor House is grade II* listed; some of its associated gates and walls are separately grade II listed.[5]

The 1870-72 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales describes Plumpton as having a population of 42 in 12 houses, and describes the church as "good" and having a "pinnacled tower".[6] Plumpton was a civil parish until 1935.[7]

References
  1. "Local interest". Weston & Weedon Lois Parish Council. Retrieved 18 December 2017. ... our local Parish comprising Weston, Lois Weedon (aka Weedon Lois) and Plumpton.
  2. "St Mary & St Peter Lois Weedon with Weston and Plumpton". Church of England: A Church Near You. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. Historic England. "Church of St John the Baptist (1293444)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  4. Charity Commission. St. John the Baptist, Plumpton, Heritage Trust, registered charity no. 1050414.
  5. Historic England. "Manor House Farmhouse, outbuildings and walls (1293468)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  6. "Gazetteer entries for Plumpton". Vision of Britain. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  7. "Relationships / unit history of Plumpton". Vision of Britain. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.


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