Strixton is a small village in eastern Northamptonshire that borders the main
A509 road between
Wellingborough and
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes ( ) is a city and the largest settlement in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of its urban area was over . The River Great Ouse forms its northern boundary; a tributary ...
. The population of the village remained less than 100 at the 2011 Census and is included in the
civil Parish of
Wollaston.
The village's name means 'Strikr's farm/settlement'. This name might be indistinguishable from the 'Stric' recorded in the
Domesday Book as holding land in the adjoining
Bozeat and
Wollaston parishes during the reign of
Edward the Confessor
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.
The village borders
Grendon and
Wollaston. The limited amenities include:
* The Church (
St Rumwolds).
* A business centre - utilising converted farm buildings.
The Church
St
Rumwold was a little-known
Saxon
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peoples whose name was given in the early Middle Ages to a large country (Old Saxony, la, Saxonia) near the Nor ...
Saint who is said to have preached the Gospel after his baptism as an infant; his resting place is recorded as being in
Buckingham
Buckingham ( ) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the 2011 Census. The town lies approximately west of Central Milton Keynes, sou ...
, but it is thought that there may also be some connection with
Romaldkirk in Northern England, which is not properly recorded.
In the 19th century attempts were made to rededicate the church to "John the Baptist" - but this never happened. The church is thirteenth-century and remains now largely as it was built. Inside the church there is a 15th-century screen which is the only late Gothic feature of the church and
Nikolaus Pevsner reports that it is "...simple with one light division". The church also owns a
Jacobean chalice and paten dating to 1628, which is currently on display at the
Victoria and Albert Museum.
According to Pevsner, the church was rebuilt in 1873 with old materials except for the western wall, which has a triple-chamfered doorway and a sexfoil window that has over it a wavy frame. There is a small cusped lancet to the right. In the church the windows are said to be mostly pairs of
lancet window
A lancet window is a tall, narrow window with a pointed arch at its top. It acquired the "lancet" name from its resemblance to a lance. Instances of this architectural element are typical of Gothic church edifices of the earliest period. Lancet wi ...
s. The communion rail is detailed as being with heavily twisted balusters.
References
Further reading
The Buildings of England - Northamptonshire. N Pevsner (Second edition).
External links
Strixton Manor Business Centre WebsiteWebsite for the church
Villages in Northamptonshire
Civil parishes in Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire
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