Everything about Strixton totally explained
Strixton is a small village in Eastern Northamptonshire that borders the main
A509 road between
Wellingborough and
Milton Keynes. It is a farming community and much of the village is owned by the
Queen.
The village borders
Grendon and
Wollaston. The limited amenities include:
- The Church (St Rumwolds).
- A business centre - utilising converted farm buildings.
The Church
St
Rumwold was a little known
Saxon Saint who is said to have preached the Gospel after his baptism as an infant; his resting place is recorded as being in
Buckingham, but it's thought that there may be also be some connection with
Romaldkirk in Northern England, which isn't properly recorded.
In the 19th century attempts were made to re-dedicate the church to “John the Baptist” - but this never happened. The church is thirteenth-century and remains now largely as it was built. Inside the church there's a 15th-century screen which is the only late Gothic feature of the church and
Nikolaus Pevsner reports that it's "...simple with one light division". The church also owns a
Jacobean chalice and paten dating to 1628, which is currently on display at the
Victoria and Albert Museum.
According to Pevsner, the church was rebuilt in 1873 with old materials except for the western wall, which has a triple-chamfered doorway and a sexfoil window that has over it a wavy frame. There is a small cusped lancet to the right. In the church the windows are said to be mostly pairs of
lancet windows. The communion rail is detailed as being with heavily-twisted balusters.
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