Barton Seagrave

Coordinates: 52°22′45″N 0°41′38″W / 52.3792°N 0.6939°W / 52.3792; -0.6939

Barton Seagrave is a village and civil parish in the Kettering borough of Northamptonshire, England. The village is a suburb of Kettering, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-east of the town centre. The older part of the village is known for its Norman Church and attractive buildings.

Demographics

The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 4,418 in 1,843 homes.

Transport

The A6 road linking London and Leicester runs through the top of the village and joins to the A14 road just outside the village. The A14 joins to the M1 motorway at junction 19 (Catthorpe Interchange) offering easy access to Huntingdon, Felixstowe and London.

The Midland Main Line runs to the east of the village, partly along the edge of the River Ise. The nearest station is Kettering railway station, which opened in 1857 and is maintained by East Midlands Trains, who run services to London, Sheffield, Corby and Derby.

The village used to be connected with Cambridge by rail via the Kettering, Thrapston and Huntingdon Railway, until this was closed in 1961 due to the Beeching cuts. Part of the route of the Branch can still be viewed today and is in use as a footpath.

Seagrave

Seagrave is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England. It has a population of around 500. It is north of Sileby and close to Thrussington and Barrow upon Soar.

One of the earliest mentions of this place is in the Domesday book where named Segrave, it is listed amongst the lands in the wapentake of Goscote given to Henry de Ferrers by King William I. The land consisted of work for one plough and four acres of meadow.

By the twelfth century, Seagrave was owned by the de Segrave family, who built a fortified manor house in the parish. Their familial coat of arms was later adopted by the village. In March 1234 Richard Siward, at the head of a company of outlaws, ravaged Stephen de Segrave's native place, evidently Seagrave, burnt his fine houses, oxen, and stores of grain, and carried off many valuable horses and rich spoil. Later the same band ravaged Alconbury, and burnt his buildings there. In 1346 population growth led to the division of the wapentake; for judicial matters Seagrave was in the hundred of East Goscote.

Seagrave (disambiguation)

Seagrave is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England.

Seagrave may also refer to:

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