St Mary's Church - Fawsley, UK - Country Churches on Waymarking.com

The Domesday Book (1086) confirms the population of Fawsley as around 50. In 1224 the King granted the holding of a weekly market and the population had grown to it's zenith by the 1340's, before the Black Death wiped out between one third and one half of the population. Poll Tax records show that there were only 200 residents left in 1377. The site of the village was in the field around the Church of St Mary. On the other side of the lake, the ridge and furrow created by the early single plough is particularly well preserved and is best viewed when the sun is low in the sky. In the 1760's and 70's, Lancelot `Capability' Brown, the landscape gardener, was engaged to transform the estate viewed from the manor house. He transformed the park by creating sweeping vistas, planting trees and laying lawns. Many of the trees planted can still be seen today. The three lakes, are Horsepond on the north side. The Canal on the south side and largest of the three, Bigwaters.

the house is now used for weddings and a hotel

Church Name: St Mary Church In Use (even only just occassionally): yes Date Church Built: C13, C14, C16, chancel rebuilt 1690. Rate this church.:

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Date Logged Log User Rating   09/04/2010 greysman visited it 04/01/2008 Charlie Lima & G visited it 07/28/2007 Norfolk12 visited it

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