Easton on the Hill

Easton on the Hill
Easton on the Hill village
Easton on the Hill is located in Northamptonshire
Easton on the Hill
Easton on the Hill
Location within Northamptonshire
Population1,015 (2011)
OS grid referenceTF0004
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStamford
Postcode districtPE9
Dialling code01780
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°37′43″N 0°30′59″W / 52.6286°N 0.5165°W / 52.6286; -0.5165

Easton on the Hill is a village and civil parish at the north eastern tip of North Northamptonshire, England. The village had a population at the 2011 census was 1,015.[1] The village, sited on the A43 road, is compact in form, with the older part of the village located north of the High Street. The parish extends from the River Welland in the north to the western end of RAF Wittering. The village is also on the shortest boundary in England with it being in the northernmost part of Northamptonshire between Stamford and Collyweston.[2]

The villages name means 'east farm/settlement' on the hill.[3]

All Saints Church dates from the twelfth century and has been enlarged and altered over the centuries. The church is a Grade I listed building.[4]

All Saints
The Priest's House

The village contains the "Priest's House", a late fifteenth-century building restored in 1867 and now owned by the National Trust; it contains a small museum about the area.[5]

The commander of HMS Lutine, Captain Lancelot Skynner, came from Easton, where his father John was the rector for many years. Plaques on the former rectory (now Glebe House but known for a time as Lutine House)[6] and in the church commemorate this and Captain Skynner.[Note 1] The frigate Lutine sank during a storm in the West Frisian Islands on 9 October 1799, whilst carrying a large shipment of gold. Lloyd's of London has preserved her salvaged bell - the Lutine Bell - which is used for ceremonial purposes at their headquarters in London.

The head office of the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) is located at Easton House in the village,[7] close to the church.

Easton on the Hill Rural District existed from 1894 to 1935. The parish has its own parish council and was represented on East Northamptonshire Council[8] and on the county council as part of the Prebendal electoral division.[9] Easton on the Hill is represented in the House of Commons by the Member of Parliament for Corby.[10] At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 956 people.[11]

Notes

  1. ^ Another Captain Lancelot Skynner, an uncle, who commanded HMS Bideford, also lost his life at sea in an action in the Bay of Biscay in 1760. A further Skynner (William Walker Skynner) also died at sea. He was the navigation officer in HMS Hampshire, which sank after hitting a mine off the north of Scotland while taking Lord Kitchener to Russia in 1916. He is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial and the HMS Hampshire Memorial at Winchester Cathedral.

References

  1. ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. ^ Streetmap.co.uk: Ordnance Survey 1:1,25,000 mapping. Retrieved 5 December 2009
  3. ^ "Key to English Place-names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk.
  4. ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1266419)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  5. ^ "National Trust".
  6. ^ "Historic stone country houses for sale". Country Life. 13 January 2011.
  7. ^ CIPS, Visiting us, accessed 13 October 2016
  8. ^ Easton on the Hill. Parish/Town Council Contacts. East Northamptonshire Council. Retrieved 5 December 2009
  9. ^ Find My Nearest County Councillor Archived 21 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Northamptonshire County Council. Retrieved 5 December 2009
  10. ^ Find your MP: www.parliament.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2009
  11. ^ Office for National Statistics. Easton on the Hill CP: Parish headcounts. Retrieved 5 December 2009
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