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Winwick, Northamptonshire

For the Cambridgeshire village on the Northamptonshire border, see Winwick, Cambridgeshire.

Winwick
Winwick is located in Northamptonshire
Winwick
Winwick
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid referenceSP6273
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNorthampton
Postcode districtNN6
Dialling code01788
PoliceNorthamptonshire
FireNorthamptonshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Northamptonshire
52°21′22″N 1°05′02″W / 52.3560°N 1.0839°W / 52.3560; -1.0839

Winwick is a small village, a lost settlement and civil parish in West Northamptonshire in England. The modern settlement is north of West Haddon. A 16th-century brick manor house remains on the site.[1] The population is included in the civil parish of West Haddon.

Name

The village's name means 'specialised farm of Wina'. A few spellings show that it could be 'specialised farm in a nook'. However, the name could come from the Old English 'wicincel' meaning 'small specialised farm'.[2]

Buildings

The Historic England website contains details of a total of 16 listed buildings in the parish of Winwick, all of which are Grade II with the exception of the following, which are Grade II*:

Politics

The polling station for the village is a private dwelling which is unusual and one of the last few remaining in the UK.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hugh McKnight (1987). The Shell Book of Inland Waterways. David & Charles. p. 300. ISBN 0-7153-8239-X.
  2. ^ "Key to English Place-names".
  3. ^ "Historic England – The List". Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  4. ^ Murray, Jessica (4 July 2024). "In what must be one of the most unusual – and smallest – polling stations in the country, in the remote village of Winwick in Northamptonshire people will be casting their vote in the hallway of someone's house". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

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