Passenham

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Passenham
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Passenham
Location within Northamptonshire
OS grid reference SP780395
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Milton Keynes
Postcode district MK19
Dialling code 01908
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52°02′53″N0°51′50″W / 52.048°N 0.864°W / 52.048; -0.864

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]

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The village's name means 'Passa's hemmed-in land'. [2]

Governance

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.

Landmarks

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.

Interior view of the chancel in St Guthlac's church, with the memorial to Sir Robert Banastre and part of the chancel's 16th century painted wall decorations St Guthlac's church Passenham south chancel wall interior view.jpg
Interior view of the chancel in St Guthlac's church, with the memorial to Sir Robert Banastre and part of the chancel's 16th century painted wall decorations

References

  1. ↑ "Map of Old Stratford Parish Council area showing location of Passenham". Archived from the original on 20 April 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  2. ↑ "Key to English Place Names". kepn.nottingham.ac.uk. University of Nottingham.
  3. ↑ Old Stratford Parish Council
  4. ↑ South Northamptonshire District Council
  5. ↑ "Northamptonshire County Council website" . Retrieved 26 July 2009.
  6. 1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus (1961). The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire. London and New Haven: Yale University Press. pp. 369–70. ISBN   978-0-300-09632-3.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)

Further reading

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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