Harrington, Northamptonshire
- Harrington, Northamptonshire
Harrington is a village and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England, and is administered by Kettering Borough and Northamptonshire County councils. The parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul is located northeast of the village itself.
History
After the dissolution of the monasteries, the Saunders family became lords of the manor of Harrington. In the 17th century the manor house passed by marriage to the Stanhope and then the Tollemache families until it was pulled down in 1745 by Lionel Tollemache, 4th Earl of Dysart. A stone pillar from one of the gateposts now stands in the middle of Desborough.
The site of the manor house is called ‘The Falls’ with the ‘Park’ adjoining. The Falls contains the remains of terraces, fishponds and a sunken garden, which may have had a fountain. The fishponds were constructed to supply fresh fish to the monastic house. Eel, bream, pike, and perch were bred in a series of ponds of varying size fed by channels. The gardens were laid out by Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet who married Hon. Elizabeth Stanhope, daughter of John Stanhope, 1st Baron Stanhope, around 1620 and inherited the estate in 1675. It is now listed as an historical archaeological site.
The 'Tollemache Arms', a traditional English country pub with thatched roof and low beams has served local inhabitants for over three centuries. It was originally called ‘The Red Cow’, but changed to its current name to commemorate the Honourable Hugh Tollemache, Rector of Harrington for many years.
The church contains a tuba stentoro-phonica, or a speaking trumpet, one of only eight in the country. Sir Samuel Morland claimed to have invented these horns in his 1672 treatise on the subject. In 1817, the Earl of Dysart gave to the church a peal of six bells, which were cast in the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.
The Tollemache family sold the Harrington estate in 1864, and it was ultimately purchased in 1913 by the Desborough Cooperative Society, which saw great possibilities in the development of ironstone working.
External links
* [http://www.harringtonandthorpeunderwood.co.uk Harrington and Thorpe Underwood website]
* [http://tollemacheharrington.com/index Tollemache Arms]
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