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Barnwell Manor is a Grade II listed country estate near the village of Barnwell, about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of Oundle, in Northamptonshire, England. The historic former home of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, as of 2017 it was occupied by Windsor House Antiques. In September 2022, Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, put the manor up for sale for £4.75 million and it was sold in April 2024.

Polebrook is a village in Northamptonshire, England. The population (including Armston) at the 2011 census was 478.

Barnwell Castle is a ruined castle, south of the town of Oundle, and north of the village of Barnwell, Northamptonshire (grid reference TL047853). It has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I listed building, and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. It is under private ownership. A motte and bailey castle was erected in 1132. The stone castle was built during the reign of King Henry III by the family of Berengar Le Moyne at the time of the Second Barons' War (1264-67). In the English Civil War it was used by its owner, Sir Edward Montagu, as an arsenal for the Royal cause. After the civil war the Montagu family built a substantial manor house, Barnwell Manor, near the castle. Substantial parts of the castle remain. It is quadrilateral in shape with cylinder towers on the northeast, northwest and southwest corners. On the southeast corner is a twin-towered gatehouse. The walls are up to 30 feet (9 m) high and over 12 feet (4 m) thick.

Barnwell railway station is a former railway station in Barnwell, Northamptonshire on the former Northampton and Peterborough Railway line which connected Peterborough and Northampton. The station buildings were designed by the architect John William Livock. In 1846 the line, along with the London and Birmingham, became part of the London and North Western Railway. At grouping in 1923 it became part of the London Midland and Scottish Railway.

Barnwell (formerly Barnwell All Saints and Barnwell St Andrew) is a village and civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district, in Northamptonshire, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) south of the town of Oundle, 78 miles (126 km) north of London (via the A1 road) and 14 miles (22.5 km) south-west of Peterborough. The River Nene runs north of the village, separating it from Oundle. The villages name origin is uncertain. 'Warrior's spring/stream', 'Beorna's spring/stream' or 'burial-place spring/stream'.

Wigsthorpe is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. It lies to the south of the town of Oundle and the village of Barnwell. Attested in 1232 as Wykingethorp, the name is believed to mean "Outlying farmstead or hamlet of a man called Vikingr".

Oundle was a rural district in England from 1894 to 1935. It was formed under the Local Government Act 1894 from the Oundle rural sanitary district. It was one of only a few such districts to cross a county border, with parishes in both Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. In 1935 it was abolished, under the Local Government Act 1929. The Northamptonshire part went to form the Oundle and Thrapston Rural District, and from the Huntingdonshire part, the parish of Elton became part of Norman Cross Rural District whilst the parishes of Great Gidding, Little Gidding and Winwick became part of Huntingdon Rural District.

Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe is a civil parish in the North Northamptonshire district of Northamptonshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Lilford and Wigsthorpe and surrounding rural areas. It lies 3 miles (5 km) south of Oundle. Much of the northern part of the parish comprises the parkland and wider estate of Lilford Hall. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 114. It shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouring parish of Thorpe Achurch.

Lilford is a small village in the civil parish of Lilford-cum-Wigsthorpe, in the North Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated approximately 7 miles northeast of the market town of Thrapston, Lilford is known for its picturesque countryside, historic landmarks, and a rich agricultural heritage.

Tansor is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. Lying near the River Nene, three miles north-east of the town of Oundle and a mile from the village of Cotterstock, Tansor forms part of North Northamptonshire. At the time of the 2001 census, the parish's population was 185 people, reducing to 172 at the 2011 Census. Attractions are limited; only a church, telephone box and a village hall containing a playgroup. The Church of St Mary the Virgin is Grade II* listed. The village's name origin is dubious. 'Tan's ridge' or maybe, 'Tan's river bank'. On the other hand, Old English 'tan' may be utilized in the moved feeling of the part of a stream with a 'river bank'. A notable son of Tansor was the naturalist and writer Horace William Wheelwright, born there in 1815.

Thurning is a village and civil parish in the English county of Northamptonshire. Located in the north-east of the county, about 5.5 miles south-east of Oundle, Thurning forms part of the civil parish of Hemington, Luddington and Thurning. Until 1888, the ecclesiastical parish of Thurning was partly in Northamptonshire and partly in Huntingdonshire, its parish church being in the latter county. At the time of the 2001 census, the population of Thurning Civil Parish was 93 people. At the time of the 2011 Census, the population of the village remained less than 100 and is included in the civil parish of Hemington. The village's name probably means, 'place with thorn trees'.

Lilford Hall is a Grade I listed Jacobean stately home at Lilford in Northamptonshire in the United Kingdom. The 100-room house is located in the eastern part of the county, south of Oundle and north of Thrapston.