Finedon
Also known as Finedon, Northamptonshire
Finedon is a town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, with a population at the 2021 census of 4,552. In 1086 when the Domesday Book was completed, Finedon (then known as Tingdene) was a large royal manor, previously held by Queen Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor.
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Place details
- Locality
- Finedon
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 4,309
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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29 sectionsContents
- History
- Domesday Book
- St Mary's Church
- Finedon Hall
- Finedon Obelisk
- Volta Tower
- Water Tower
- Governance
- Geography
- Town Brook
- Banks Park
- Pocket Park
- Climate
- Education
- Finedon Ironstone
- Quarries
- Glendon Iron Ore Company
- Stanton Ironworks
- Neilson's Quarries
- Wellingborough Iron Company
- Ironstone production
- Geological SSSI
- Notable people
- Town Twinning
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Finedon is a town and civil parish in North Northamptonshire, England, with a population at the 2021 census of 4,552. In 1086 when the Domesday Book was completed, Finedon (then known as Tingdene) was a large royal manor, previously held by Queen Edith, wife of Edward the Confessor.
From the 1860s the parish was much excavated for its iron ore, which lay underneath a layer of limestone and was quarried over the course of 100 years or more. Local furnaces produced pig iron and later the quarries supplied ore for the steel works at Corby. A disused quarry face in the south of the parish is a geological SSSI. Finedon is situated to the north east of Wellingborough. Nearby towns and villages include Irthlingborough, Burton Latimer and Great Harrowden.
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