Passenham | |
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Location within Northamptonshire | |
OS grid reference | SP780395 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Milton Keynes |
Postcode district | MK19 |
Dialling code | 01908 |
Police | Northamptonshire |
Fire | Northamptonshire |
Ambulance | East Midlands |
UK Parliament | |
Passenham is a small village in the civil parish of Old Stratford in south-west Northamptonshire, England. It is just north of the River Great Ouse, which forms the boundary with Buckinghamshire, and close to (but separated by the river from) Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes. [1]
The village's name means 'Passa's hemmed-in land'. [2]
The village parish council is joined with the village of Old Stratford [3] which also administers the village and both are part of West Northamptonshire. It was governed by South Northamptonshire District Council [4] and Northamptonshire County Council [5] until local government changes in 2021.
The church of St Guthlac has a late 13th-century tower, the upper part rebuilt 1626. The chancel was built in 1626 by Sir Robert Banastre (who died in 1649). [6] Some remarkable furnishings, stalls and misericords date from 1626. There are also original wall paintings [6] which were restored in the 1960s. Also notable are box pews, stained glass and a monument to Banastre.
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Brown, O.B.; Roberts, G.J. (1973). Passenham: The History of a Forest Village. Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd. ISBN 9780900592638. OCLC 3241834.
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