Nether Heyford is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, close to the M1 motorway and the A5 and A45 roads, 6 miles west of Northampton and 70 miles northwest of London.
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16 Facts About Nether Heyford
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Nether Heyford was very much on the border between areas controlled by the Saxons and those controlled by the Danes.
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Whether the inhabitants of Nether Heyford were primarily Saxon or Dane is impossible to know, but they must have been involved to some degree in the skirmishes, the trade, and the subsequent merging of the languages and the two ways of life.
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Nether Heyford was buried in Heyford Church where his tomb remains.
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Nether Heyford was descended from Michael Mauntell of 'Rode' and married Elizabeth, daughter of John Lumley.
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Nether Heyford lost his estate to the Crown, though the Manor House was kept by the family because John Mauntell had made a settlement of the manor to his wife Anne.
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In 1750 the enclosure award for Nether Heyford was made and the large open fields were enclosed, creating smaller fields.
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The Church in Nether Heyford was run for the entire century by the Crawley family.
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Nether Heyford was succeeded by his son Thomas until his death in 1897.
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Nether Heyford was summoned by the Board of Education in Northampton to explain himself.
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Nether Heyford remained as School Master until 1925 when we assume he retired.
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Nether Heyford owned the village bake house in Church Street, he was for 50 years the minister at the Methodist Chapel, and he became the first chairman of the Parish Council.
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Nether Heyford had its own Dad's Army under the leadership of Charlie Highfield.
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In 1981, for the first and last time, Nether Heyford won the tidy village competition, and in 1988 the village appraisal 'Parish 2000' was conducted by the Parish Council.
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In 1991 the Nether Heyford Players was born out of the old Monday Club Pantomime group, and in the same year the bowls club was formed.
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Partly with the benefit of a legacy from Mr A T Cosford in 1962, the Nether Heyford Chapel was able to consider a measure of rebuilding and, in calling a part-time Minister became independent.
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