Passenham
{{Short description|Village in Northamptonshire, England}}
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{{Use British English|date=March 2014}}
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|region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= South Northamptonshire
|post_town= Milton Keynes
|postcode_district = MK19
|postcode_area= MK
|dial_code= 01908
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Passenham is a small village in the civil parish of Old Stratford in south-west Northamptonshire, England. It is just north of the River Great Ouse, which forms the boundary with Buckinghamshire, and close to (but separated by the river from) Stony Stratford in Milton Keynes.[http://www.oldstratford.org.uk/map.html Map of Old Stratford Parish Council area showing location of Passenham]
The village's name means 'Passa's hemmed-in land'.{{cite web | title = Key to English Place Names | publisher= University of Nottingham | url=http://kepn.nottingham.ac.uk/map/place/Northamptonshire/Passenham | website=kepn.nottingham.ac.uk}}
Governance
The village parish council is joined with the village of Old Stratford[http://www.oldstratford.org.uk/ Old Stratford Parish Council] which also administers the village and both are part of West Northamptonshire. It was governed by South Northamptonshire District Council[http://www.southnorthants.gov.uk/ South Northamptonshire District Council] and Northamptonshire County Council{{Cite web |title=Northamptonshire County Council website |url=http://www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/ |access-date=26 July 2009}} until local government changes in 2021.
Landmarks
The church of St Guthlac has a late 13th-century tower, the upper part rebuilt 1626. The chancel was built in 1626 by Sir Robert Banastre (who died in 1649).{{Cite book |last=Pevsner |first= Nikolaus |title=The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire |publisher=Yale University Press |year=1961 |isbn=978-0-300-09632-3 |location=London and New Haven |pages=369–70}} Some remarkable furnishings, stalls and misericords date from 1626. There are also original wall paintings which were restored in the 1960s. Also notable are box pews, stained glass and a monument to Banastre.
References
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Further reading
{{Cite book |last1=Brown |first1=O.B. |last2=Roberts |first2=G.J. |date=1973 |title= Passenham: The History of a Forest Village |publisher=Phillimore & Co. Ltd. |location=Chichester |isbn=9780900592638 |oclc=3241834}}
External links
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Category:Villages in Northamptonshire
Category:Country houses in Northamptonshire