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Newton Road, KETTERING, NN14 1AU

Towards Corby. The older part of the village is off to the right.

West End House, number 48 West Street, was earlier a farmhouse. There is an 1822 datestone, but the rear wing is much earlier, has been substantially altered and heightened. The main structure is constructed of coursed, squared limestone and coursed limestone rubble stone, all under a hipped slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1052048 Geddington is a village in Northamptonshire, on the main road between Kettering, about 3 miles southwest, and Corby, about 4 miles north. The River Ise runs through the village and is crossed by a medieval bridge. There is evidence of Iron Age, Roman and Saxon occupation. The village is home to the best preserved Eleanor cross of the three remaining. A Royal hunting lodge once stood to the north of the village but no trace remains.

Number 40 West Street, earlier a farmhouse, was originally two cottages. Built in the late 16th or early 17th century with later alterations. Constructed of coursed rubble stone with some ironstone, all under a slate roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1052047 Geddington is a village in Northamptonshire, on the main road between Kettering, about 3 miles southwest, and Corby, about 4 miles north. The River Ise runs through the village and is crossed by a medieval bridge. There is evidence of Iron Age, Roman and Saxon occupation. The village is home to the best preserved Eleanor cross of the three remaining. A Royal hunting lodge once stood to the north of the village but no trace remains.

Number 1 Lees Way is a 17th century house with its gable end to West Street. Constructed of coursed limestone rubble stone, under a roof that is thatch to the right slope, and slate to the left slope. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372397 Geddington is a village in Northamptonshire, on the main road between Kettering, about 3 miles southwest, and Corby, about 4 miles north. The River Ise runs through the village and is crossed by a medieval bridge. There is evidence of Iron Age, Roman and Saxon occupation. The village is home to the best preserved Eleanor cross of the three remaining. A Royal hunting lodge once stood to the north of the village but no trace remains.

Fronting onto West Street, number 1 Wormleighton's Way is an early 18th century cottage with later alterations. Built of coursed limestone rubble stone under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1191854 Geddington is a village in Northamptonshire, on the main road between Kettering, about 3 miles southwest, and Corby, about 4 miles north. The River Ise runs through the village and is crossed by a medieval bridge. There is evidence of Iron Age, Roman and Saxon occupation. The village is home to the best preserved Eleanor cross of the three remaining. A Royal hunting lodge once stood to the north of the village but no trace remains.

1950s houses in Geddington.

One of the three remaining of the original 12 Eleanor crosses erected by King Edward I to mark the overnight resting places of the funeral cortege of Queen Eleanor, following her death in Harby on November 28th 1290. Some suggest that Geddington Cross is the work of a mason ‘Garcia of Spain’ as it is so different to the other remaining crosses and surviving illustrations of Cheapside and Charing. It is triangular in plan and rises gracefully to a height of 42 feet. The tiers are arranged as the other crosses but it is more richly ornamented and more Decorated in style. Having survived The Civil War unscathed, the cross was damaged in the 18th century during the Easter ‘sport’ of squirrel-baiting, where the unfortunate animals were tormented by stone-throwing locals, some taking refuge in the cross. Geddington Cross is arguably the finest but certainly the most enigmatic of the three surviving crosses.

Limestone, red brick and thatch: the Northamptonshire vernacular. For more about the village, see http://www.geddington.net/history.htm

Number 1 West Street is now one house of three distinct builds, probably 17th century. Constructed of squared, coursed limestone and coursed rubble stone, under a thatch roof. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1052044 Geddington is a village in Northamptonshire, on the main road between Kettering, about 3 miles southwest, and Corby, about 4 miles north. The River Ise runs through the village and is crossed by a medieval bridge. There is evidence of Iron Age, Roman and Saxon occupation. The village is home to the best preserved Eleanor cross of the three remaining. A Royal hunting lodge once stood to the north of the village but no trace remains.