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Paulerspury is a civil parish and small village in South Northamptonshire, England. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of Towcester and 8 miles (13 km) north of Milton Keynes along the A5 road (which follows the course of the Roman Road of Watling Street).
The Parish of Paulerspury, located in South Northamptonshire and within the West Northamptonshire Unitary Authority, includes the villages and hamlets of Paulerspury, Pury End, Heathencote and Pury Hill …. Paulerspury is a small Parish of around 1000 inhabitants with a thriving and active community.
Paulerspury Parish is steeped in history, yet remains lively and aware of its future potential. From broadswords to broadband, Paulerspury’s heritage continues to develop.
- The History of Paulerspury
- Occupations
- Development of Housing
- Service
- The Vestry
- The Parish Council
- Nonconformity
- Education
Like the village itself this history is a living document. If you have anything you would like to add please let us know via the contact form. For instance, if you have any history about your house or family in the village please write a suitable section and send it to us at webmaster@paulerspuryparish.org.uk The Manor of Paulerspury Archaeologists...
FARMING, both tenant and freehold, was probably the main occu¬pation in Paulerspury from the Middle Ages up to the 1950s, when it started to decline. POTASH (a strong alkali used as a fertilizer) was being made in the village in 1673. BRICKMAKING was taking place for at least 2 centuries from 1689. STONE QUARRYING was dominated by the Lepper family...
There is evidence of Iron Age settlements in the extreme south and north-west of the Parish of Paulerspury, and two separate areas of Roman occupation in the village and others near Park Farm. A Saxon cemetery has been identified to the north of Pury End. Middle Ages – The village of Paulerspury grew to the west of Watling Street, extending for ove...
1853 – The provision of a well near the church was funded by voluntary subscriptions collected by the Rector. 1869 – The Vestry (forerunner of the Parish Council) refused to contribute to establishing a sewerage scheme in Watling Street. 1888-9 – Cases of typhoid occurred in the village and the Rural Sanitary Authority’s Medical Officer tried to ge...
Up to 1894 when parish councils were established, the vestry was a parish’s governing body in all matters civil and ecclesiastical. The ‘Common Vestry’ consisted of all the ratepayers in the parish; the ‘Select Vestry’ comprised those elected to administer the parish. 1832 – The Vestry bought 2 cottages to serve as a workhouse. A rate of 2 shilling...
1894 – Under the Local Government Act, Paulerspury was entitled to a Parish Council of 11 members; these were duly elected with the local doctor being chosen as Chairman. The first year’s meetings were dominated by an investigation of the Parish’s charities, and for the next 70 years the presentation of charity accounts was the main (and sometimes ...
From 1748 various inhabitants of Paulerspury certified their houses as ‘dissenting meeting houses’. In 1811 a Wesleyan Chapel was built at Pury End; this was still in use in 1960 but has since closed. In 1862 the Primitive Methodists erected a chapel at Pury End which was still being used in 1940 but has since been converted into a private house. A...
1720 – William Marriott left lands in his will from the rents of which was to be paid annually £6 to the master of a school in Paulerspury for the purpose of instructing 6 boys in the catechism, writing and arithmetic and bringing the boys to church (the residue to be distribu¬ted in bread to the poor). Similar bequests were made in other wills. 17...
Paulerspury is bisected diagonally by Watling Street, which runs in a straight line across the parish from south-east to north-west towards Lactodorum, the Roman town on the site of Towcester.
Paulerspury is a civil parish and small village in South Northamptonshire, England. It is approximately 3 miles south of Towcester and 8 miles north of Milton Keynes along the A5 road. Overview.
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Paulerspury is a civil parish and small village in West Northamptonshire, England. It is approximately 3 miles (5 km) south of Towcester and 8 miles (13 km) north of Milton Keynes along the A5 road (which follows the course of the Roman Road of Watling Street).
