Whiston, Northamptonshire
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|population= 51
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|unitary_england= West Northamptonshire
|lieutenancy_england= Northamptonshire
|region= East Midlands
|constituency_westminster= South Northamptonshire
|post_town= Northampton
|postcode_district = NN7
|postcode_area= NN
|dial_code= 01604
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Whiston is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Cogenhoe and Whiston, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is 4 miles due east of the county town of Northampton. In 1931 the parish had a population of 49.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10286815/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Whiston CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=27 March 2023}}
History
The name of the village derives from Old English and was first recorded as Hwiccingtune in 974. It means "the farmstead of the Hwicce tribe."{{Cite book|title=A Dictionary of English Place Names|last=Mills|first=A.D.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1991|isbn=0-19-869156-4|location=Oxford|pages=356}} On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished and merged with Cogenhoe.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10286815|title=Relationships and changes Whiston CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=27 March 2023}}
The Church
Whiston Church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. The present building was built for Anthony Catesby in the early 16th century. It is on the hill, separated from the rest of the village, from where it is reached by a footpath. The tower was built first and the church was probably complete by 1534.{{Cite book|title=Northamptonshire|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|publisher=Penguin|year=1973|isbn=0-14-071022-1|editor-last=Cherry|editor-first=Bridget|edition=Second|series=The Buildings of England|location=London|pages=459}}
Quarrying
Quarrying for iron ore and limestone was carried out at Whiston between 1914 and about 1922. The quarry was to the south west of the village adjoining an earlier quarry at Cogenhoe. The quarrying must at first have been done by hand with the aid of explosives but a steam navvy and a transporter machine was brought in in 1915. The ore was taken away by a steeply graded standard gauge railway leading to sidings at the London & North Western Railway's Northampton to Peterborough line. This was operated by a steam locomotive (a saddle tank engine built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co Ltd.) The gradient was in favour of the loaded trains.{{Tonks ironstone |part=3 |page=134–139}}
References
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